Show TAX LEVYING METHOD FOR S. S L. L SCORED Zoning Should Govern Figures I Says Blair Richardson By AL FERGUSON A prediction that downtown Salt Sal Lake City will become a story one town by migration of business into property carrying lower tax valuations lions unless assessments s are made to conform to lo zoning was made before the city and count county commissions Friday Friday Fri Fri- da day by Blair Richardson member of the city zoning and planning com corn m mission ion The meeting was called at the Instance instance in In- stance of the zoning and planning commission and was Wa attended by byall all aU members of the city and county commissions com corn m missions Harry L. L Finch and C C. G. G Woolley chairman and secretary r re respectively respectively re- re of or the zoning and planning planning plan plan- ning group and County Assessor A. A J J. J Skidmore The purpose of the session was to lo devise ways was and means to put assessed as as- s d valuations in line with zoning law aw in the cit city which have to do with the use to which property is put To illustrate an assertion Salt Lake Cit City and city schools have lost thousands thousands thou thou- Is sands of dollars in valuations the last decade Mr Mi- Richardson said he recently recently re reo re- re took a particular area in the city that had been changed from a residential to a commercial area As a residential area this se section tion embracing two vo corner lots and two homes lomes was valued at he said When it became a commercial area both joth houses hO were torn lorn down and one structure put up in their place The valuation now is 2500 a 3 net loss of to city taxing units There are arc hundreds of ot such cases When property changes froth from residential to commercial the land value should go up and improvement values alues should go down because the value is there in the land as business prop prop- erty Mayor Louis Marcus said business busine is s leaving the business district emptying emptying emp- emp tying ying buildings that remain empty and leaving high values with no return return re reo re- re turn to the owner Under the present system of assessment as as- the high value area faces ruination he said West First South street sheet is an example Market row row there here once was vas thriving now it has moved into residential districts in an order order or or- der to pay less taxes The meeting ended with appointment appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment of Mr Mr Woolley and Mr Richardson as a committee to toay tolay tolay lay ay the foundation of ot carrying out the he proposals d discussed s |