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Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Regular meeting Tax rate and revaluationEnvironment and sustainability

Agenda document Minutes Watch Meeting recap

What was decided

  1. Approved Deferment request of Wei Ting Chan, 105 Chesapeake Way Deferment granted
  2. Denied Exclusion request of James Atwater Jr, 113 Alabama Avenue Exclusion denied

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's Board of Equalization and Review hears 13 property tax appeals, including a circuit breaker deferment request from Wei Ting Chan and an elderly or disabled exclusion request from James Atwater Jr., alongside eleven valuation disputes.

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Meeting recap

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

The board heard and decided all 13 appeals on its schedule; none was continued. Two of the requests, Chan's tax deferment and Atwater's elderly/disabled exclusion, did not involve a change in assessed value. Across the eleven valuation appeals, the combined assessed value fell from $5,546,300 to $4,920,900, a reduction of $625,400, about 11 percent.

In ten of those eleven cases the board's decision matched a value the county itself had proposed, either unchanged or after its own revision. The exception was John and Joan Richie's appeal at 600 Ironwoods Drive, where the board set $450,000, below the county's $567,100 recommendation and within $10,000 of what the Richies had asked. Pamela Hall's cut was the largest by percentage, 46 percent, landing at $47,400, below even her own $63,000 request. The one case where the board sided with an appellant over the county's recommendation outright was Chan's, granted a deferment the county had recommended denying for exceeding the income limit; Atwater's exclusion request went the other way, denied as the county recommended.

How the votes went

All 13 decisions were unanimous, with no dissenting votes recorded.

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Jump to an item (13 on this agenda)
  1. Appeal of John and Joan Richie, 600 Ironwoods Drive
  2. Deferment request of Wei Ting Chan, 105 Chesapeake Way
  3. Appeal of Patricia Eubanks, 5220 Buckhorn Road
  4. Appeal of Jonathan and Allison Volmer, 306 Spruce Street
  5. Appeal of Lis Investment LLC, 220 Scarlett Drive
  6. Appeal of Jon Hussey, 112 Hampton Court
  7. Appeal of Brooke Greenhouse, 1905 Rolling Road
  8. Exclusion request of James Atwater Jr, 113 Alabama Avenue
  9. Appeal of Samuel Parker Jr., et al, 6100 Wade Loop
  10. Appeal of Pamela Hall, 936 Palmers Grove
  11. Appeal of Marci Loiselle, 1225 Clandon Square
  12. Appeal of JL Wright Contracting Inc., 4802 Mt. Sinai Road
  13. Appeal of Maria DeBruyn, 316 Severin Street

Agenda items (13)

Public hearing · 13
  1. Appeal of John and Joan Richie, 600 Ironwoods Drive
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Richie cited a distressed-sale purchase at $440,000 and an unimproved home with an unsafe deck and original fixtures; the county called the sale distressed but still discounted its own value, and the board set $450,000, within $10,000 of what Richie asked and well below the county's $567,100 recommendation.
    Value reduced to $450,000, below the county's $567,100 recommendation
    • 600 Ironwoods Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9779924751 · Richie John D · assessed $450,000
  2. Deferment request of Wei Ting Chan, 105 Chesapeake Way
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Chan asked the board to grant a circuit breaker tax deferment the county had denied for exceeding the income limit; the board granted it, the only case this sitting where it sided with the appellant over the county's recommendation.
    Deferment granted
    • 105 Chesapeake Way · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9870800968 · Chan Wei Ting · assessed $590,100
  3. Appeal of Patricia Eubanks, 5220 Buckhorn Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Eubanks submitted a market analysis and land-value comparisons seeking $549,000; the county proposed a steep-slope land adjustment and corrected the sketch and yard items to $674,200, and the board accepted that figure.
    Value reduced to $674,200
    • 5220 Buckhorn Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9831986232 · Eubanks Patricia Suits · assessed $674,200
  4. Appeal of Jonathan and Allison Volmer, 306 Spruce Street
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The Volmers pointed to a 2022 closing disclosure and a square-footage discrepancy on the property record; the county re-measured, found the appellants' footage close to correct, and still valued the home at $562,500, which the board accepted.
    Value reduced to $562,500
    • 306 Spruce St · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9799338378 · Volmer Jonathan · assessed $562,500
  5. Appeal of Lis Investment LLC, 220 Scarlett Drive
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Lis Investment LLC cited its $176,000 foreclosure purchase price and modest rent; the county corrected the sketch to add overlooked square footage and set $355,100, which the board accepted; the appellant did not appear.
    Value reduced to $355,100
    • 220 Scarlett Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9799677257 · Lis Investment LLC · assessed $355,100
  6. Appeal of Jon Hussey, 112 Hampton Court
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Hussey asked only that a shed no longer on the property be removed from the record; the county corrected the sketch and set $487,800, which the board accepted.
    Value reduced to $487,800
    • 112 Hampton Ct · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9880506542 · Hussey Jon M · assessed $487,800
  7. Appeal of Brooke Greenhouse, 1905 Rolling Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Greenhouse cited a broken driveway, rotted trim and original fixtures; the county agreed the home had seen little improvement in 50 years, lowered its effective year to 1965, and set $634,700, which the board accepted.
    Value reduced to $634,700
    • 1905 Rolling Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9799073207 · Greenhouse Brooke · assessed $634,700
  8. Exclusion request of James Atwater Jr, 113 Alabama Avenue
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Atwater sought the elderly or disabled property tax exclusion; the county found his income over the $37,900 limit and recommended denial, and the board denied it.
    Exclusion denied
    • 113 Alabama Ave · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9778456292 · Atwater James Jr · assessed $285,200
  9. Appeal of Samuel Parker Jr., et al, 6100 Wade Loop
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Parker's filing described a house gutted and left in disrepair by a prior occupant; the county's site visit confirmed it, proposed a 75% depreciation override, and cut the value from $408,400 to $255,200, which the board accepted.
    Value reduced to $255,200
    • 6100 Wade Loop · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9930609241 · Parker Samuel a Jr Et Al · assessed $255,200
  10. Appeal of Pamela Hall, 936 Palmers Grove
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Hall cited a house with no well, septic or electricity, unused for 60 years except as storage, and asked for $63,000; the county found it unlivable and burdened by a 70-foot easement, proposed $47,400, and the board accepted a value below what Hall had asked for.
    Value reduced to $47,400
    • 936 Palmers Grove Church Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9884461065 · Hall Pamela Y · assessed $47,400
  11. Appeal of Marci Loiselle, 1225 Clandon Square
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Loiselle submitted her own comparable-sales analysis seeking $788,800; the county found two comparables predated the assessment date and a third used the wrong property, but still added a slope adjustment to reach $815,800, which the board accepted.
    Value reduced to $815,800
    • 1225 Clandon Square Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9874920901 · Loiselle Marci · assessed $815,800
  12. Appeal of JL Wright Contracting Inc., 4802 Mt. Sinai Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Gaylene Piper, appealing for JL Wright Contracting Inc., said the buildings on the property were rotted and collapsed; the county agreed, applying a 95% depreciation to the house, and the board added a further 4% on top of the county's $225,500 recommendation, arriving at $220,600.
    Value reduced to $220,600, below the county's $225,500 recommendation
    • 4802 Mt Sinai Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9891583870 · Piper Gaylene Hancock · assessed $220,600
  13. Appeal of Maria DeBruyn, 316 Severin Street
    Public hearing Environment and sustainabilityTax rate and revaluation
    DeBruyn cited wall and siding cracks, an old furnace and an obsolete solar water heater; the county's site visit confirmed settlement cracking and adjusted the effective year to 1970, valuing the home at $417,600, which the board accepted.
    Value reduced to $417,600
    • 316 Severin St · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9789026072 · De Bruyn Maria · assessed $392,600

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