Upon receiving a proper application, the Assessor shall complete an independent evaluation of the property to verify the amounts claimed on the application in the before and after condition. The Assessor shall then compute a percentage relationship of loss and reduce the current assessed value by that percentage. The Assessor shall notify the applicant in writing of the amount of the proposed reassessment. The notice shall state that the applicant may appeal the proposed reassessment to the Assessment Appeals Board within six months of the date of mailing the notice. If an appeal is requested within the six-month period, the Board shall hear and decide the matter as if the proposed reassessment had been entered on the roll as an assessment made outside the regular assessment period. The decision of the Board regarding the damaged value of the property shall be final, provided that a decision of the Assessment Appeals Board regarding any reassessment made pursuant to this Section shall create no presumption as regards the value of the affected property subsequent to the date of the damage. If the amount of damage, as verified by the Assessor, is not at least $10,000.00, no adjustment shall be made to said roll and no taxes shall be canceled or refunded.
(Ord. 1940, passed - -1974; Am. Ord. 2117, passed - -1976; Am. Ord. 2658, passed - -1982; Am. Ord. 3752, passed - -1999; Am. Ord. 3881, passed - -2003)