The Detroit times., 1913-03-17
BUILDINGS TO
Re VALUED BY
RIGID SYSTEM
Assessor Nagel Devises Code to
BE Applied Next
Year
STRUCTURES CLASSIFIED
ACCORDING TO MATERIAL
Only New Buildings to BE Thus
Appraised. Unless Other
Owners Protest

! City Assessor John c. Naxei has
completed the draft OF r. code that will
/ De used by the assessors hereafter In
determining the valuations OF new
buildings Tor assessment purposes
Assessor Nagel says that under the
present system the assessors are com.
peiied 10 guess ut building valuations
Ia most Instances as they have no
means or securing correct figures on
wnich To base an equitable valuation
or all Classes OF buildings.
Ihe practice Of juggling building
permits, which Is INDUCED in by some
builders and real estate men, Is blam.
Ell by the assessor for the difficulty
tho assessors office has in obtaining
falr figures on buildings. This WIN BIT
stopped by the new code, which will
standardize building valuations in the
city. the buildings being divided into
"a separate classifcations and the
valuations being computed on the
square feet OF area.
For instance. one-story frame
, house OF cheap construction built on
post foundations. without a furnace,
| bathroom or kitchen sink, will be val.
ued FOR assessment purposes at one
! dollar per square foot OF area: q
a story-and-a-half house of similar
construction, at $50 per square foot
OF area and SO on, the rate increasing
for every additional half-story or story.
Following ia the list of clasifica-
lions and the assessment figures per
| square foot OF area, ground floor the
rate as mentioned increasing for each
extra story: Frame house, cheap con.
struction, full basement, furnace. etc,
81 go: frame house, good construction,
$220: frame house, plaster or stuccO
finish on wood, So: frame house, plas-
ter or stucco finish on wood, extra
high class In every respect, $3.50;
brick veneer. cheap construction
$1.20: brick veneer, cheap construc'
ton. with full basement. furnace, etc.
$3.50; brick veneer. good construction
$40; brick or pressed brick front
$500: brick or pressed brick veneer
on tile or stone, Sc: frame fats, $3.50
frame fats, full basement, $2.4O;
frame fats, good construction and in
terror finish, SO: frame apartments oil
stucco on wood. $3.50: brick veneel
fats, cheap construction. $40; bricl
veneer flats, full basement, furnace
|
brick fronts, $500: brick apartments
pressed brick front. $3.50; brick apart
ments, fancy. $3.50; frame store builo
ings, 81; frame store buildings, brio
foundation, $1.20; frame store built
ings, full basement. heating plan
ETC., $1.6O: brick store buildings, ful
basement, heating plant, etc. $3.50
frame hotel buildings. 50; brick, ord
nary construction. 1920; brick h0te
buildings, non-fireprOof. steel foo
construction. $3.50; high-class hotels
and office buildings, steel frame. fire
proof plumbing. heating. marble vain
scoting and floors. from 1915 pei
square foot area for q two-story build
ing up to SIS per square foot area FOL
23-story building: livery stables
warehouses, factories, foundries. gar
ages, mills and sheds Of cheap con
struction. $50; same class Of building
brick, $50; frame, ordinary construc
ton, 81; brick, ordinary construction
$1.40; frame, pier foundation, woot
trusses, etcA 81; brick, same. $40
modern fire proof manufacturing plant
steel frame. elevator fat roof, 500.
Assessor Nagel says that the figures
| In the code are standard and used b!
the assessment boards in many larg
cities in the United States. Two pc
cent n wear Is allowed for depreciation
Of buildings under the new system an
every five years 10 per cent reduc
ton in valuations will be made on oil
| buildings until minimum valuation 1
| reached.
The new code will be used by tn
assessors next year II will be applie'
on new buildings only, as ii would b.
n difficult task to survey all the build
| ings now on the assessment rolls. tn
city Of Cleveland did that at a cost o
$4,000, Assessor Nagel said. TIL
present assessment figures will b.
allowed to stand on old buildings ex
cept where the owners kick on tn
figures. then the buildings will b'
assessed on valuation obtained un
der the new system.