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Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Regular meeting Tax rate and revaluationHistoric preservationSubdivision and site plans

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What was decided

  1. Continued Appeal of 304 Faison Road (Michelle Erin Brinker, Trustee) Continued to a later meeting

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's Board of Equalization and Review hears nine 2025 revaluation appeals on its September 2 docket: a vacant tract, a manufactured home, a condominium and six single-family homes, including one in the Chapel Hill Historic District. Each owner disputes the county's assessed value; the board weighs the owner's evidence against the county appraisal staff's recommendation for each parcel.

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Meeting recap

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

The three sitting members—Chair Leon Meyers, Saru Salvi and Richal Vanhook—heard all nine appeals on September 2; the six alternate members did not attend. The board decided eight of the nine that day and continued the ninth, a $1.29 million property, after finding the owner's comparable sales inadmissible or otherwise not comparable, and asked for valid comparables at a later date.

Of the eight decided, the board reduced the value in seven, by amounts from $1,100 to $175,000, and left one vacant tract unchanged after finding no record supporting the owner's claim that the land does not perc. Every decision adopted the county's recommended value. All were unanimous except one reduction, decided 2-1 with the chair dissenting. Two of the nine owners appeared before the board in person; the rest submitted their cases in writing.

How the votes went

Eight of nine appeals were decided by motion to accept the county's recommended value; the ninth was continued to a later meeting. Seven of the eight decisions reduced the assessed value and one left it unchanged. Every vote was unanimous except one reduction, approved 2-1 with the chair dissenting, and the continuance, which the three members present approved unanimously.

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Agenda items (9)

Public hearing · 9
  1. Appeal of 3.56 acres on White Cross (Stan R. Smith)
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The owner of a 3.56-acre vacant tract in Chapel Hill argued the land does not perc and has an odd, triangular shape, seeking a reduction from $126,200 to $35,000. The county found no record that the land can't perc and said its shape already carries a 10% discount.
    Board kept the value at $126,200, no change
  2. Appeal of 4704 Trinity Lane (Dorothy A. Adcock)
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The owner of a 1998 manufactured home in Rougemont sought a reduction from $148,200 to $91,200, arguing the 27-year-old home has lost value and that its bathroom count was wrong. The county agreed on the bathroom count, reducing the value to $147,100.
    Reduced to $147,100
    • 4704 Trinity Ln · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9898251031 · Adcock Dorothy a Trustee · assessed $147,100
  3. Appeal of 4424 Lebanon Road (Edward A. Palombo)
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The owner of a 1987 home on 21 acres in Efland sought a reduction from $603,300 to $348,010, arguing a 125.4% assessment increase was inflated compared with the county average. The county said the increase reflected market sales rather than percentages, and applied an added topography and easement discount.
    Reduced to $501,500
    • 4424 Lebanon Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9845356732 · Palombo Paul N · assessed $501,500
  4. Appeal of 304 Faison Road (Michelle Erin Brinker, Trustee)
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The owner of a $1.29 million property sought a reduction to $1.1 million based on a 2022 purchase price and a seller's report of comparable listings. The county found two of the comparables inadmissible and two more not comparable, and the board continued the appeal so the owner could supply valid ones.
    Continued to a later meeting
    • 304 Faison Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9798661493 · Brinker Michelle Erin Trustee · assessed $1,274,800
  5. Appeal of 2 Briarbridge Lane (Daniel W. Copeland)
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The owner sought a reduction from $1,316,300 to $1,116,300 based on similarly sized nearby lots. The county agreed to lower the land's size and market adjustment, setting a value of $1,141,300; the board approved it 2-1, with the chair dissenting.
    Reduced to $1,141,300
    • 2 Briarbridge Ln · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9788333707 · Copeland Daniel W · assessed $1,141,300
  6. Appeal of 3504 Environ Way (Adil Nathani)
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The owner of a golf-course-view condominium in Chapel Hill sought a reduction from $712,600 to $670,000, citing sales of nearby comparable units. The county agreed and reduced a construction modifier, lowering the value to $677,100.
    Reduced to $677,100
  7. Appeal of 9163 Mary Hall Road (Mary Hall Subdivision LLC)
    Public hearing Subdivision and site plansTax rate and revaluation
    The owner of a 3,979-square-foot home built in 2024 near Rougemont sought a reduction from $964,700 to $888,300, citing recent comparable sales. The county found one comparable invalid and adjusted the house's grade instead, lowering the value to $944,300.
    Reduced to $944,300
    • 9163 Mary Hall Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9898084383 · Jeffrey Arthur Leone and Dawn Marie Toce Trust · assessed $944,300
  8. Appeal of 106 Park Place Lane (Park Place Fellowship LLC)
    Public hearing Historic preservationTax rate and revaluation
    The owner of a 1925 home in the Chapel Hill Historic District sought a reduction from $961,200 to $656,800, citing an incorrectly recorded finished basement and the home's age. The county corrected the basement's finished square footage but left the land value unchanged, lowering the total to $944,200.
    Reduced to $944,200
    • 106 Park Pl · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9788688382 · Park Place Fellowship LLC · assessed $944,200
  9. Appeal of 6130 Sibling Pine Drive (Deborah J. Balch)
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The owner of a 15-year-old home sought a reduction from $627,500 to $450,000, citing deferred maintenance, well-water problems and comparable homes of higher quality. The county's inspection found masonry siding recorded as frame and applied a 10% condition adjustment for the well issue and a 25% reduction to the land value, lowering the total to $546,200.
    Reduced to $546,200
    • 6130 Sibling Pine Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 0804268025 · Balch Deborah J · assessed $546,200

Agenda changes

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