Why were so many varied lots around Lake Norman all valued identically at $700,000 in last year’s Mecklenburg County property revaluation? Why did the assessor’s office reject private appraisals from so many homeowners appealing their new valuations? And what did county officials mean when they told some homeowners they wouldn’t revise land values because “it would open up a can of worms”?
Those were among the questions delivered Tuesday night to consultants beginning an independent review of the 2011 revaluation of residential and commercial property in Mecklenburg County. More than 150 people packed Cornelius Town Hall meeting room for the session with representatives from Pearson’s Appraisal Service Inc. of Richmond, Va. It was the second in a planned series of meetings around the county, and was considerably larger than the first meeting Monday night in Matthews.
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