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Linda Lewis, Petitioner V City Of Detroit, Respondent · 24-004091-TT

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Docket: 24-00409| 

Your Honor, 

I am reaching out to ask you to reconsider your decision. 

| never received any information 

to prompt me to attend a BOR or submit any information for the review. 

| received the BOR 

letter from the city of Detroit along with my taxes in the mail not knowing what it was. 

| 

called the city of Detroit {this month after receiving your decision), for clarification but no 

none could tell me who submitted the request or the date the review took place. 

| do not 

understand when or where it was presented during the March board of review meeting in 

2024, 

Since 

| did not attend the board of review, 

| was not aware of the July appeal deadline 

because 

| did not submit the application. If 

| knew about the deadline, 

| would have 

submitted my appeal since my taxes are so high. 

| am asking if someone would still review 

my file. 

There have been some changes to my account. The NEZ has been applied, and the new tax 

amount is $16,000. The taxes are still extremely more than the other homes in the area, and 

| am not competitive. My home, 59 Sand Bar, Detroit is the smallest home with the least 

square footage in the neighborhood. For reference, most property taxes in the 

neighborhood exceed the property taxes for the larger homes. 

“We are appealing the taxes to the state because there is an extreme variance in 

property taxes for the property located at 59 Sand Bar vs. the other properties. 

Originally when the home was purchased the taxes were $6,500 for the year. The 

previous owner was an investor and from what | was told investors pay higher 

taxes. We assumed the property taxes would go down once it was owned by a 

resident. To our surprise the property taxes did the opposite. They went from 

$6,500 with an investor 

to $16,000 after the NEZ. This drastic increase in property 

taxes does not make it competitive. We want to stay competitive in the 

neighborhood.

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The property taxes for 58 Sand Bar are $1900 

The property taxes for 162 Sand Bar are $1600 

The property taxes for 74 Sand Bar are 8,000 

The property taxes for 59 Sand Bar are $16,000 

The city assessor said that when we purchased the home, it became uncapped. 

Why wasn’t it uncapped when the investment firm purchased it last year? 

Also, per state TAX commission bulletin, NO.19 of 1997, the accessor may hot 

automatically set an assessed value or a taxable value at half of a property’s 

selling price. 

The taxable value of property in Ml can increase by no more than 5% from one 

year to the next. 

Due to the new home purchase the property taxes have quadrupled and the SEV 

followed the sale which is illegal. The home is not competitive, and the property 

taxes are higher for this home than the property taxes that were listed at $2M. We 

could not sell this house today with taxes being $16,000.”

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

MARLON |. BROWN, DPA 

GOVERNOR 

LANSING 

DIRECTOR 

Linda Lewis, 

Petitioner, 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION 

v 

MTT Docket No. 24-004091 

City of Detroit, 

Respondent. 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL 

The Tribunal has reviewed the file in the above-captioned case and finds that: 

The petition was not filed by July 31 or the next business day after the Tribunal offices 

were closed. See MCL 205.735a(6). 

. 

Therefore, 

IT IS ORDERED that the case is DISMISSED. 

This Order resolves all pending issues and closes the case. 

APPEAL RIGHTS 

If you disagree with the final decision in this case, you may file a motion for 

reconsideration with the Tribunal or a claim of appeal with the Michigan Court of 

Appeals. 

A motion for reconsideration must be filed with the Tribunal with the required filing fee 

within 21 days from the date of entry of the final decision. Because the final decision 

closes the case, the motion cannot be filed through the Tribunal's web-based e-filing 

system; it must be filed by mail or personal service. The fee for the filing of such 

motions is $50.00 in the Entire Tribunal and $25.00 in the Small Claims Division, unless 

the Small Claims decision relates to the valuation of property and the property had a 

principal residence exemption of at least 50% at the time the petition was filed or the 

decision relates to the grant or denial of a poverty or disabled veterans exemption and, 

if so, there is no filing fee. You are required to serve a copy of the motion on the

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the claim is filed more than 21 days after the entry of the final decision, it is an “appeal 

by leave.” 

A copy of the claim of appeal must be filed with the Tribunal to certify the 

record on appeal. There is no certification fee. 

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Patricia L. Halm, Tribunal Chair 

Entered: November 26, 2024 

PROOF OF SERVICE 

| certify that a copy of the foregoing was sent on the entry date indicated above to the 

parties or their attorneys or authorized representatives, 

if any, utilizing either the mailing 

or email addresses on file, as provide by those parties, attorneys, or authorized 

representatives. 

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