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Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Regular meeting Tax rate and revaluation

Agenda document Minutes Watch Meeting recap

What was decided

  1. Continued 4Appeal of Thomas O. Mills Trustee, 4030 Legato Lane Continued to a future date
  2. Continued 9Appeal of Krishna Sinha, 401 Lakeshore Lane Continued to a future date

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's Board of Equalization and Review hears eighteen individual appeals of property values set in the 2025 revaluation, covering houses, manufactured homes, vacant land and a condominium unit. Owners contest the county's figure on grounds ranging from condition and comparable sales to septic and access limits on undeveloped land, and a county appraiser presents a recommended value for each parcel.

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Meeting recap

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

The board decided sixteen of the eighteen appeals and continued two: one to let an owner supply comparable sales for a floodplain-encumbered lot, the other so an owner could locate paperwork from a recent purchase. On the sixteen decided appeals, the combined assessed value fell from $7,527,000 to $6,988,800, a drop of about 7%. Owners or their representatives appeared for twelve of the eighteen appeals; the county presented its evidence and recommendation in the other six regardless, and the board ruled on all six the same day. In every decided appeal the board's final figure matched either the current assessment or the county's own recommended value, including one case where the board went beyond the county's recommendation. It did not adopt an appellant's own requested value in any case.

How the votes went

All decisions passed on a motion and second among the three board members. Every vote was unanimous except one, when Saru Salvi voted against accepting the county's recommended value on one appeal that the other two members supported.

From the published minutes.

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Jump to an item (18 on this agenda)
  1. 1Appeal of Harold B. Coppedge, 506 N Greensboro Street Unit 7
  2. 2Appeal of Amber Hoffman, .9 acre on Laurel Ridge Road
  3. 3Appeal of Michael Wayne Hooker, 527 Birdsong Lane
  4. 4Appeal of Thomas O. Mills Trustee, 4030 Legato Lane
  5. 5Appeal of Albert W. Nisbet Jr., 7610 Harmony Church
  6. 6Appeal of Ann Moss Joyner, Lot 1, Blueberry Lane
  7. 7Appeal of Walde Trust, 3512 Stonegate Dr
  8. 8Appeal of Sander Thomas, 205 Manor Ridge Drive
  9. 9Appeal of Krishna Sinha, 401 Lakeshore Lane
  10. 10Appeal of Catherine H. Munnier, 134 Kirkland Dr.
  11. 11Appeal of David Bellin, 130 Essex Dr
  12. 12Appeal of Bhupal Balwinder Singh, 933 Shadylawn Road
  13. 13Appeal of Rose Staley Ogu, 2320 Neville Road
  14. 14Appeal of Sharon Poythress House, 1712 Damascus Church
  15. 15Appeal of Misha S. Mayo, 115 N. Nash Street
  16. 16Appeal of Kathy Yu Trustee, 601 W Rosemary St
  17. 17Appeal of Victor C. Fowler, 2615 Beavertail Drive
  18. 18Appeal of Ryan Lewis, 104 Markham Drive

Agenda items (18)

Public hearing · 18
  1. 1 Appeal of Harold B. Coppedge, 506 N Greensboro Street Unit 7
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board changed the home's effective year built to 1973 for deferred maintenance, cutting the assessment from $291,500 to $234,600.
    Value reduced to $234,600
  2. 2 Appeal of Amber Hoffman, .9 acre on Laurel Ridge Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board accepted the county's recommended reduction for a vacant lot limited to a two-bedroom septic system, cutting the value from $86,400 to $34,600.
    Value reduced to $34,600
  3. 3 Appeal of Michael Wayne Hooker, 527 Birdsong Lane
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The county held its ground on a 2024 sale price of $515,000 despite the owner's comparable-sales argument, and the board left the assessment unchanged.
    No change, $514,600
    • 527 Birdsong Ln · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9878652614 · Hooker Michael Wayne · assessed $514,600
  4. 4 Appeal of Thomas O. Mills Trustee, 4030 Legato Lane
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board continued the appeal to a later date to give the appellant time to provide additional evidence.
    Continued to a future date
    • 4030 Legato Ln · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9846853837 · Mills Thomas O Trustee · assessed $627,300
  5. 5 Appeal of Albert W. Nisbet Jr., 7610 Harmony Church
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appellant did not appear; the board accepted the county's recommended reduction from $258,700 to $240,600.
    Value reduced to $240,600
  6. 6 Appeal of Ann Moss Joyner, Lot 1, Blueberry Lane
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appellant did not appear; the board left the $40,000 assessment unchanged.
    No change, $40,000
  7. 7 Appeal of Walde Trust, 3512 Stonegate Dr
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board accepted the county's position and left the assessment unchanged.
    No change, $978,500
    • 3512 Stonegate Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9757814795 · Walde Trust · assessed $986,100
  8. 8 Appeal of Sander Thomas, 205 Manor Ridge Drive
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appellant did not appear; the board accepted the county's recommended reduction from $798,600 to $765,800.
    Value reduced to $765,800
    • 205 Manor Ridge Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9778622412 · Sander Thomas · assessed $765,800
  9. 9 Appeal of Krishna Sinha, 401 Lakeshore Lane
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board continued the appeal to a later date to let the appellant locate additional evidence.
    Continued to a future date
    • 401 Lakeshore Ln · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9890107574 · Sinha Krishna · assessed $952,100
  10. 10 Appeal of Catherine H. Munnier, 134 Kirkland Dr.
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board accepted the county's recommended reduction from $444,800 to $419,000.
    Value reduced to $419,000
    • 134 Kirkland Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9874993270 · Munnier Louis Anthony Trustee · assessed $419,000
  11. 11 Appeal of David Bellin, 130 Essex Dr
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    An appeal challenged the land's per-acre value and pointed to errors on the property record, including an extra bedroom and a fireplace already removed. The board voted 2-1 to leave the assessment unchanged at $441,600, with one member dissenting.
    No change, $441,600
    • 130 Essex Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9880761106 · Simone Susan · assessed $441,600
  12. 12 Appeal of Bhupal Balwinder Singh, 933 Shadylawn Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    An appeal argued a vacant lot is not buildable because of easements. The board unanimously accepted the county's recommended reduction from $132,500 to $66,300 after the county raised the land adjustment for easements and setbacks.
    Value reduced to $66,300 (2-1)
    • 933 Shadylawn Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9789795450 · Bhupal Balwinder Singh · assessed $66,300
  13. 13 Appeal of Rose Staley Ogu, 2320 Neville Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board went beyond the county's own recommended reduction, adding an extra 20% physical depreciation adjustment to bring the value below the county's proposed figure.
    Value reduced to $255,600, below the county's $278,700 recommendation
    • 2320 Neville Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9768081032 · Ogu Rose Staley · assessed $229,200
  14. 14 Appeal of Sharon Poythress House, 1712 Damascus Church
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board accepted the county's recommended reduction from $679,900 to $641,100.
    Value reduced to $641,100
  15. 15 Appeal of Misha S. Mayo, 115 N. Nash Street
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board accepted the county's recommended reduction from $296,100 to $268,300.
    Value reduced to $268,300
    • 115 N Nash St · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9864760604 · Mayo Misha S · assessed $238,300
  16. 16 Appeal of Kathy Yu Trustee, 601 W Rosemary St
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appellant did not appear; the board accepted the county's recommended reduction from $1,440,400 to $1,390,700.
    Value reduced to $1,390,700
  17. 17 Appeal of Victor C. Fowler, 2615 Beavertail Drive
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appellant did not appear; the board accepted the county's recommended reduction from $211,600 to $207,700.
    Value reduced to $207,700
    • 2615 Beavertail Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9886080194 · Fowler Victor C · assessed $207,700
  18. 18 Appeal of Ryan Lewis, 104 Markham Drive
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appellant did not appear; the board accepted the county's recommended reduction from $610,100 to $489,800.
    Value reduced to $489,800
    • 104 Markham Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9799174619 · Lewis Ryan · assessed $489,800

Agenda changes

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