12-16-2015, 02:06 PM
(12-15-2015, 09:29 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Of course cities need to get a cut, they can get a much better tax return on any other type of business (commercial, residential or industrial) that goes there. The owners of the solar farm will most likely pay an annual property tax worth about $240 per acre, where as a town home would bring in $2500/acre annually. $3k/acre and up for businesses, and those things do increase the value of the land around it, where as a solar farm devalues the land around it.
They are REFUSING to allow ANY business use of the property. So the issue can not be property tax.
And a solar farm does not devalue surrounding property. Solar farms are quiet, produce no noxious smells, and do not increase traffic flow.
