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Johnstone Estates, Petitioner V City Of Detroit, Respondent · 25-003379-TT

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STATE OF MICHIGAN 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

MARLON I. BROWN, DPA 

GOVERNOR 

MICHIGAN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RULES 

ACTING DIRECTOR 

SUZANNE SONNEBORN 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

PROPERTY TAX APPEAL ANSWER FORM 

VALUATION / EXEMPTION / CLASSIFICATION APPEAL 

MOAHR DOCKET NO. 25-003379 

Section 1: Respondent’s Contact Information 

First Name: 

M.L: 

Last Name/Company Name/Unit of Government: 

Home Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route): 

County: 

City or Town: 

State: 

ZIP Code: 

Telephone Number: 

Fax Number: 

E-mail Address (do not enter unless you want MTT to send all correspondence via email): 

Section 2: Respondent’s Attorney/Authorized Representative’s Contact Information 

I. 

First Name: 

M.L: 

Last Name: 

Damon 

DeShazer 

Firm Name (if any): 

Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route): 

2 Woodward Ave. Suite 804 

City or Town: 

State: 

ZIP Code: 

Detroit 

Mi 

48226 

Telephone Number: 

Fax Number: 

E-mail Address (do not enter unless you want MTT to send all correspondence via email): 

Section 3: Subject Property Information 

Does the subject property have a Principal Residence Exemption of 50% or more? 

O Yes 

[¥) No 

Are the parcels listed by Petitioner contiguous or adjoining? 

If not, list which parcels adjoin one another. 

Od Yes 

0 No 

[wi] Not Applicable

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

MARLON I. BROWN, DPA 

GOVERNOR 

MICHIGAN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RULES 

ACTING DIRECTOR 

SUZANNE SONNEBORN 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

Section 4: Explain Your Answer to this Appeal 

, 

The increase in the property taxes is due to uncapping under Proposal A, a state law. 

Proposal A of 1994 stipulates that the year following a transfer of ownership, the 

property's taxable value is reset to match the assessed/state equalized value. This 

reset, known as uncapping, caused the increase in taxable value for, which is reflected 

in your taxes for the year of 2025. 

19752 Fairport transferred ownership in 2024, resulting in the uncapping of the 2025 

taxable value. 

Section 5: Jurisdictional Issues 

IF PETITIONER IS APPEALING THE TRUE CASH AND/OR TAXABLE VALUES 

Did Petitioner protest the assessment at a Board of Review (BOR)? [mm] Yes 

[] No 

If yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: O March 

O July 

O December 

If no, was the Notice of Assessment properly sent to Petitioner prior to the March BOR? 0 Yes 

[| No 

*Submit a copy of the Notice of Assessment with the Answer. 

If the July or December BOR revised the assessment(s) at issue, did it have authority? O Yes 

O No 

If yes, cite the Board's authority. 

Was the assessment(s) at issue established as the result of 

a clerical error or mutual mistake of fact? O Yes 

[7] No 

If yes, explain 

Is Petitioner appealing from a State Tax Commission Order? 

Yes 

No 

If so, what is the issue date? 

IF PETITIONER IS APPEALING THE UNCAPPING OF TAXABLE VALUE 

When was the Notice of Uncapping, if applicable, issued? 

Under what statutory section was the Taxable Value uncapped? 

IF PETITIONER IS APPEALING THE DENIAL OF A POVERTY EXEMPTION

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

MARLON I. BROWN, DPA 

GOVERNOR 

MICHIGAN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RULES 

ACTING DIRECTOR 

SUZANNE SONNEBORN 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

Did Petitioner request a Poverty Exemption at a BOR? OJ Yes 

[™ No 

If Yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: [_] March 

[] July 

[] December 

List the date the BOR denied Petitioner's Poverty Exemption: 

IF PETITIONER IS APPEALING THE DENIAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

OTHER THAN POVERTY, PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, OR QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS 

Did Petitioner request the exemption at a BOR? [ml] Yes 

OJ No 

If Yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: O March 

a July 

a December 

Tax Year(s) denied: 

List the date the exemption was denied: 

What statutory section did Petitioner request the subject property be exempt? 

IF PETITIONER IS APPEALING THE CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY 

What do you believe the classification should be: 

Real 

Personal 

(check one) 

[| 

Agricultural 

Commercial 

Industrial 

Residential 

Timber-Cutover 

Developmental 

Utility (check one) 

Section 6: Valuation Information use the multiple parcel form for additional, contiguous parcels. 

Parcel Identification Number: 

21031223 

Classification of Property: 

Real 

Personal 

(check one) 

M 

Agricultural 

Commercial 

Industrial 

Residential 

Timber-Cutover 

Developmental 

Utility 

(check one) 

Current Assessed Value (also known as State Equalized Value) as established by the BOR: 

26,600 

Current Taxable Value as established by the BOR: 

26,600 

What do you believe is the fair market value (also known as True Cash Value)? 

53,200 

Multiply the True Cash Value by .5 and enter here. This is your contention of Assessed Value. 

26,600 

If you believe the Taxable Value differs from your contention of Assessed Value, enter your contention of Taxable Value. 

Signature required 

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STATE OF MICHIGAN 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

ORLENE HAWKS 

GOVERNOR 

LANSING 

DIRECTOR 

Johnstone Estates LLC 

, 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

Petitioner(s) 

\% 

MOAHR Docket No. 25-003379 

City of Detroit 

, 

Respondent(s) 

PROOF OF SERVICE 

Damon DeShazer 

states that on 10/28/2025 

he/she 

[Name of person serving/mailing petition] 

[date of service] 

served a copy of the respondent's answer 

relative to the above-captioned matter upon: 

[Provide name and address of the party/people being served] 

Johnstone Estates LLC 

PO Box 1813 

Warren, Mi 48090 

Mili 

rson who'is serving/mailing copy] 

Drnen 

De Sho za 

[Print/type name of person serving/mailing copy] 

MICHIGAN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RULES 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

611 W. OTTAWA ST ¢ P.O. BOX 30232 « LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-8195 e 517-335-9760

|Wayne, 

Michigan 

*** Information herein deemed reliable but not guaranteed*** 

Printed 

on 

10/28/2025 

Parcel Number: 

21031223. 

Jurisdiction: 

CITY 

OF DETROIT 

County: 

WAYNE 

Grantor 

Grantee 

sale] 

sale 

Inst. 

Terms 

of Sale 

[Liber 

© 

Verified 

| Prent. 

Price 

Date 

| Type 

& Page 

|By 

Trans. 

[STEIN, CANDACE 

JOHNSTONE ESTATES LLC 

1| 12/28/2024 PTA 

[21-NOT USED/OTHER 

| 

PROPERTY TRANSFER 

0.0 

WAYNE COUNTY TREASURER 

STEIN, CANDICE 

| 

25,018] 11/30/2024 PTA 

| 13-GOVERNMENT 

[ 

PROPERTY TRANSFER | 

100.0] 

RAPHEAL HOLDINGS LLC 

[PEACE OF MIND MANAGEMENT 

| 

5,500] 05/25/2016 |oC 

|21-NOT USED/OTHER 

12016228276 

[OTHER 

100.0 

‘THE WATERSTREET GROUP INC RAPHAEL HOLDINGS, 

INC. 

| 

30,000] 08/01/2013 |WD 

103-ARM'S LENGTH 

| 

| DEED 

[0.0 

[Property Address 

Class: RESIDENTIAL-IMPRO Zoning: 

R1 Building Permit 

(s) 

| 

pate 

[Number 

[status 

[19752 FAIRPORT 

ISchool: DETROIT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 

| 

- 

I~ 

| 

— 

CL 

PRE. 

0% 

- 

— 

— 

1 

T 

- 

Owner's Name/Address 

B 

WARD#: 

21 

- 

— 

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| 

2025 Est TCV 53,113 TCV/TFA: 53.43) 

IB 

— 

1 

TT 

'X 

[Improved 

| 

[Vacant 

[Land Value Estimates 

for Land Table 3R319.3R319-PULASKI-GROUP A 

(20474) 

WARREN MI 48090 

Loh 

| 

. 

i 

| 

Public 

* 

Factors 

* 

| 

Improvements 

Description 

Frontage 

Depth 

Front 

Depth 

Rate 

%Adj. 

Reason 

Value 

— 

—Tpirt Toad 

35.00 116.00 1.0000 0.0000 

0 

100% 

0 

|Tax Description 

Gravel Road 

| SQ FT RATE BY SIZE 

4,051.000 Sq Ft 

0.43 

100 

1,748 

E FAIRPORT 

428 ROSELAND PARK NO 

1 

SUB L44 

|y 

piyed Road 

+ denotes lines 

that 

do not contribute 

to 

the total acreage calculation. 

P70 

PLATS, 

W 

C 

R 21/792 

35 

X 115.953 

|X 

Storm Sewer 

35 

Actual 

Front 

Feet, 

0.09 

Total Acres 

Total 

Est. 

Land Value 

= 

1,748 

|Comments/Influences 

X 

Sidewalk 

| 

B 

= 

| 

oo 

'X 

Water 

. 

Ix 

Sewer 

Land Improvement Cost Estimates 

x 

|Electric 

Description 

Rate 

Size 

% 

Good 

Cash Value 

¥ 

Gas 

D/W/P: 

4in Concrete 

7.04 

400 

20 

563 

| 

|curb 

Fencing: Wire Mesh, 

#11 

3.49 

100 

20 

70 

X 

|Street Lights 

| 

Total Estimated Land Improvements 

True Cash Value 

= 

633 

X 

Standard Utilities 

I 

— 

Underground Utils. 

| 

Topography of 

Site 

Level 

oo 

Rolling 

| 

Low 

High 

Landscaped 

| 

Swamp 

Wooded 

Pond 

Waterfront 

Ravine 

Wetland 

- 

- 

SA 

. 

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— 

a. 

= 

. 

— 

[Flood Plain 

|Year 

Land 

Building 

Assessed 

Board of 

Tribunal/ 

Taxable] 

| 

Value 

Value 

Value 

Review| 

Other 

value 

4 

Who 

When 

What 

|2025 

| 

900 

75,700] 

26,600] 

26, 600M) 

26, 6008] 

¥ 

2014-05088 

= 

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1 

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| 

| 

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= 

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prey 

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0 

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TYL 08/16/2016 TYL-FINAL 

2024 

300] 

23,400 

23,700 

| 

| 

11,648 

The Equalizer. 

Copyright 

(c) 

199 

-|TYL 08/05/2015 TYL-ADV RE 

300! 

| 

1% 

700 

T 

11 594C, 

Licensed 

To: 

City 

of Detroit, 

County 

of 

[2023 

| 

300 

18,400] 

__ 

18,700) 

| 

| 

11,094¢, 

2022 

300 

14,300 

14,600 

10,566C

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