HomeMy WebLinkAbout2972 Special Historic Tax ValuationOrdinance No. 2972
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND AMENDING
THE PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.72.070 -
ELIGIBLE PROPERTY FOR SPECIAL TAX VALUATION, TO MAKE
THE SPECIAL HISTORIC TAX VALUATION APPLICABLE TO ANY
PROPERTY LISTED ON THE LOCAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC
PLACES
WHEREAS, in order to assist, encourage, and provide incentives to private owners for
preservation, restoration, redevelopment and use of outstanding historic buildings and
structures, the City Council determines it appropriate to remove the prohibition on eligibility
for special valuation which currently exists for residentially-zoned properties.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains as
follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment. Section 2.72.070 -Eligible property for special tax
valuation, of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (text in
strikeout is deleted, text in underline is added):
2.72.070 Eligible property for special tax valuation.
For the purposes of historic property tax valuation authorized as a duty of the
committee under PTMC 2.72.060(A), the class of eligible property is:
A. Property within the city's C-III zoning district; and
B. Proaertv listed on the Local Register of Historic Places.
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2522 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2035 § 4, 1986).
SECTION 2. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of
the provision to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after the date of its
publication in the manner provided by law.
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Adopted by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular
meeting thereof, held this nineteenth day of February 2008.
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Michelle San oval, Mayor
Attest:
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Pamela Kolacy, MMC, City Clerk
Approved as to Form:
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John P. Watts, City Attorney
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