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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR CONDUCT AN ANALYSYS OF PROPERTIES WITH A 2-12 CLASSIFICATION CODE
WHEREAS, The Cook County Assessor is an elected government official who is responsible for establishing fair and accurate property assessments; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Cook County Assessor's Office is to deliver accurate and transparent assessments of all residential and commercial properties; and
WHEREAS, reassessments occur tri-annually by the Cook County Assessor; and
WHEREAS, Class 2 refers to residential property; and
WHEREAS, Cook County's 2-12 property tax classification is currently defined as "Mixed-use commercial/residential building with apartment and commercial area totaling 6 units or less and below 20,000 square feet of building area"; and
WHEREAS, Cook County's Class 2-12 property tax classification was originally intended to support legitimate, small-scale owner-occupied mixed-use properties; and
WHEREAS, it is important to determine whether the mixed-use designation is legitimate and that there are no loopholes that have allowed large-scale and absentee-owned properties to claim unjustified tax reductions; and
WHEREAS, misuse of Cook County's Class 2-12 classification ultimately shifts the property tax burden onto homeowners and compliant businesses; and
WHEREAS, restoring fiscal integrity and fairness to our property tax system may involve auditing Class 2-12 designations or amending the existing language to appropriately define eligibility for the Class 2-12 designation under the Cook County classification ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners hereby requests from the Cook County Assessor an analysis to study two counterfactual scenarios related to the 2-12 Property Tax Classification:
1. Review and determine the number of properties that changed from a Class 5 or any other class (25% Level of Assessment) to a Class 2-12 (10% Level o...
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