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Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Regular meeting Land conversion and large development

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's Board of Equalization and Review is scheduled to hear seventeen appeals of 2025 property tax valuations. Hearings run about every 10 to 15 minutes from 1 p.m., with a county appraiser presenting the assessor's case on each parcel.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The board decided fourteen of the seventeen appeals listed on the agenda; the minutes do not say what happened to the other three. Five valuations were left unchanged, including two Riverbirch Point homes in Carrboro where owners cited flood damage from Tropical Storm Chantal. The county said a 2025 value cannot be adjusted for events during the tax year. The board lowered the other nine, mostly to the figure county staff recommended after review. A Beech Creek Trail home was cut from $607,300 to $562,300 for its dated effective year and gravel-road access. Two adjoining vacant Poplar Drive lots were valued down to $10,000 and $12,000 after the owner argued neither could be developed. Combined, the fourteen decided appeals' assessed value fell from $4,952,600 to $4,498,100, a drop of $454,500.

Staff attorney Martha Bordogna also briefed the board on untimely applications for present-use-value exemptions, covering how HB91's religious-exemption provisions apply and whether batches of undisputed appeals can be approved on a consent basis; the board took no vote. The board recessed from 2:30 to 2:37 p.m. and adjourned at 3:12 p.m.

How the votes went

All fourteen appeals heard were decided by unanimous vote of the board members present (Leon Meyers, Saru Salvi and Richal Vanhook); no dissenting votes were recorded on any appeal.

From the published minutes.

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Jump to an item (14 on this agenda)
  1. Appeal of Omer Yariv, 105 Riverbirch Point
  2. Appeal of Richard S. Neulist, 110 Riverbirch Point
  3. Appeal of Robert J. Funk, 1713 Pathway Drive
  4. Appeal of Karen Floyd, 906 Emory Drive
  5. Appeal of Christerlena Singh Trustee, 1806 Marions Ford Road
  6. Appeal of Christerlena Singh, Lot A, G and B Farm Lane
  7. Appeal of Ling Wu, 9201 Allison Road
  8. Appeal of Charles M. Shore, 4211 Beech Creek Trail
  9. Appeal of John E. Connaughton, 243 Rubrum Drive
  10. Appeal of Makhijani Trust, 234 Standish Drive
  11. Appeal of Heidi Moser, 16 Rogerson Drive
  12. Appeal of James K. Howard, 5314 Chestnut Ridge Church Road
  13. Appeal of Peter Meade, Lot 25, Poplar Drive
  14. Appeal of Peter Meade, Lot 26, Poplar Drive

Agenda items (14)

Other · 14
  1. Appeal of Omer Yariv, 105 Riverbirch Point
    Other
    Owner sought a lower value citing flooding from Tropical Depression Chantal; the county said 2025 values cannot be adjusted for events during the tax year.
    No change, value held at $504,500
  2. Appeal of Richard S. Neulist, 110 Riverbirch Point
    Other
    Owner cited the same July 2025 flooding as grounds for a lower value; the county said 2025 values cannot be adjusted for events during the tax year.
    No change, value held at $474,300
  3. Appeal of Robert J. Funk, 1713 Pathway Drive
    Other
    Owner argued price-per-square-foot comparables in Spring Valley supported a lower value; the county's own sales analysis supported a value between the two figures.
    Value changed to $511,000, based on 1,464 sf at $349/sf
    • 1713 Pathway Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9779524199 · Funk Robert J · assessed $511,000
  4. Appeal of Karen Floyd, 906 Emory Drive
    Other
    Owner argued the home's true condition matches its 1970s-80s original build despite a later effective year built; the county recommended adjusting the effective year, condition and depreciation after reviewing submitted photos.
    Value changed to $419,300
    • 906 Emory Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9799502560 · Floyd Karen · assessed $419,300
  5. Appeal of Christerlena Singh Trustee, 1806 Marions Ford Road
    Other
    The trustee sought a lower per-acre land value; the county said the parcel already carries a 10% adjustment for irregular shape and recommended no change.
    No change, value held at $281,300
    • 1806 Marions Ford Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9850952082 · Singh Christerlena Trustee · assessed $281,300
  6. Appeal of Christerlena Singh, Lot A, G and B Farm Lane
    Other
    Owner sought a lower land value; the county recommended increasing the irregular-shape and easement adjustment from -30% to -60% for stream buffers and a septic access easement.
    Value changed to $142,200
  7. Appeal of Ling Wu, 9201 Allison Road
    Other
    Owner argued a singlewide manufactured home's poor condition and the land's remote location in Cedar Grove justified a lower value; the county recommended lowering the quality grade and effective year built despite a 2024 MLS sale at $160,000.
    Value changed to $98,600
    • 9201 Allison Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9950045983 · Wu Ling · assessed $98,600
  8. Appeal of Charles M. Shore, 4211 Beech Creek Trail
    Other
    Owner cited the home's dated condition and lack of county garbage service on a privately maintained road; the county recommended lowering the effective year built and adding an access adjustment.
    Value changed to $562,300
    • 4211 Beech Creek Trl · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9847706373 · Shore Charles M · assessed $562,300
  9. Appeal of John E. Connaughton, 243 Rubrum Drive
    Other Land conversion and large development
    Owner compared his townhome to two nearby units with more bathrooms and square footage that sold for less; the county's equity analysis supported no change.
    No change, value held at $490,300
    • 243 Rubrum Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9873361039 · Connaughton John E · assessed $490,300
  10. Appeal of Makhijani Trust, 234 Standish Drive
    Other
    Owner cited a nearby townhouse sale from March 2025; the county said sales after January 1, 2025 cannot be considered and its equity analysis of comparable units supported no change.
    No change, value held at $311,100
    • 234 Standish Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9799764805 · Makhijani Trust · assessed $311,100
  11. Appeal of Heidi Moser, 16 Rogerson Drive
    Other
    Owner cited the property's October 2024 purchase price; the county recommended reducing the golf-course view adjustment, house grade and garage condition.
    Value changed to $568,400
    • 16 Rogerson Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9798377160 · Moser Heidi · assessed $568,400
  12. Appeal of James K. Howard, 5314 Chestnut Ridge Church Road
    Other
    Owner argued his parcel, split from a larger tract found unsuitable for a three-bedroom septic system, should be valued per acre the same as an adjoining parcel; the county recommended a larger perc-related land adjustment.
    Value changed to $112,800
    • 5314 Chestnut Ridge Church Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9842125375 · Howard James K · assessed $112,800
  13. Appeal of Peter Meade, Lot 25, Poplar Drive
    Other
    Owner argued a 75% increase in four years was unjustified for an undeveloped, unchanged lot; the board found an additional adjustment warranted for a stream on the property.
    Value changed to $10,000, based on an additional 85% adjustment and a stream on the property
  14. Appeal of Peter Meade, Lot 26, Poplar Drive
    Other
    Owner made the same argument for an adjoining lot he was told is not perkable and cannot be developed.
    Value changed to $12,000, based on an additional 85% adjustment

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

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