25-003754.pdf
Amy R Wohlers, Petitioner V Township Of Quincy, Respondent · 25-003754-TT
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RECEIVED Notte J9-GOLTTH TT FER 1 9 2026 RRR «HGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 1291 Ridge Road is on a corner lot to a county road and a private drive and is addressed to the county road not the private drive. This unique property has no “official” legal easement noted from the deeds office or the abstract department for the private drive of Pleasant Ridge- however one deed from 1995 does list the burden from the asphalt drive offering ingress and egress to others down the road. Pleasant Ridge drive cuts through a large portion of our lands northern property and runs the length of the private drive- forking in the middle about 25,000+/- square foot and or 3/4 mile long. This drive services 30 parcels and allows access their property. 291 Ridge Road has no close neighboring homes on the Pleasant Ridge as can be visualized through satellite images showing a large parcel of woods between this home and the community of neighbors down the drive. in late 2023 it was introduced by the Pleasant Ridge residents that they wanted a new asphalt roadway instead of fixing the one that existed. The residents offered a petition where those road members agreed at a cost of 115.473.86 to be shared among only 22 homes that utilize this roadway. There are 30 parcels, and some parcels have more than 1 home that utilizes the roadway. This petition included 291 Ridge Road- which was not in favor of the new roadway without any repairs or the cost sharing method. This was appealed to the township. This special assessment district was approved and set to move forward with new road being laid in spring of 2024 with 6% interest for 2024, 2025, and 2026 taxes. At this time we were not made aware of the appeal process or that we had a right to appeal. The new asphalt drive was completed in spring of 2024. Recently in September of 2025 a notice came in the mail to our home of a public hearing for a road maintenance fund for seal coating the private road. Unknowing of the details we attended the public hearing. The Pleasant Ridge residents requested to seal coat the private drive for September 2025 and again in the spring of 2026- and have the cost again shared between the 22 homes. 291 Ridge road was again not in favor of this as to how often the seal coating to be done or the cost sharing and appealed to the township. The Special assessment district was again approved by the township by majority rule. During this meeting 2 township members informed us of our right to appeal to the tribunal and agreed with our concerns but voiced they could not help as the residents that utilize the roadway had majority vote and are the governing bodies per the township supervisor. Concerns from us were voiced about usage, owned parcels vs homes on the petition, assessed value of homes/land, unreasonable disproportionality related to usage/frontage/parcels/using both sides of the road at the fork and having a
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Nell pre Ht I-CHETTUT this places upon our said property of 291 Ridge Road and the unique circumstances related to this. We have owned this property for over 20 years and were never included in road funding for the private drive on Pleasant Ridge Road until 2023. Concern remains that the residents on this drive will continue to want road maintenance funding frequently causing the undue tax burden to our family/property.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN " GRETCHEN WHITMER DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS MARLON |. BROWN, DPA GOVERNOR LANSING DIRECTOR ew. BO tedent MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL Petitioner(s) v MTT Docket No, AS ~G2 SW JER n__oef Chines, Respondent(s) © PROOF OF SERVICE Aran R Ly oben states that on rr § Jod\s helshe [Name of person serving/mailing petition] [date of sdrvice] served a copy of the “aD oltre rst relative to the above-captioned matter upon: Sorted Ao Tetendnip [Provide name and address of the party/people being served] Cad Nerlaton. = Oust Goring Ceri NS AON aed [Signature of person who is serving/mailing copy] Seen © oodles [Print/type name of person serving/mailing copy]
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