Presbyterian Homes known as Sunshine Villas has received over a $111,000 dollar notice from the Lehigh Acres Fire department for the Fire Assessment Fee.
If the development passes the cost of the fire assessment to it’s senior low income rentals — it will cost unit nearly $50.00 a month more.
Sunshine Villas is a wholly exempt property tax under the Florida statue but the Fire Board has told to bill them anyway by their consultants.
But in the fire board resolution dated March 24, 2015 it states, “No Fire Protection Assessments and Emergency Rescue Assessment shall be imposed upon Building located upon parcels of Institutional Property Whose Building use is wholly exempt from ad valorem taxation….”
So way is Presbyterian Homes known as Sunshine Villas getting bill for????
hey i was under the understanding any org. that got a prosed bill from the county for the proposed assesment fee and if they have a dispute to contact the tax appraiser office and talk to them. Also the media and a few fire commissioners try to scare everyone in reference to the seniors will have a hard time, well they might but lets have the facts that the average age in lehigh now is low to mid 30s so why do they keep saying seniors this and that…
The info the LAFD is giving out is 100% wrong — here is the info from the Lee County Property Appraiser As of
April 29, 2015 this is the answer you will get if you the Lee County Property Appraiser about the Lehigh Acres Fire Assessment “The Lee County Property Appraiser’s office does not administer the Lehigh Acres Fire Fee Assessment and is unable to answer any questions about it. If you have any questions or concerns the fire district may be contacted by phone at 239-303-5300, by fax at 239-369-2436, or by email at firerescue@lehighfd.com.”