Covina tax hikes on the horizon
Reporter Amanda Baumfeld reports today that mail-in ballots have been sent to more than 3,000 residents and business owners in Covina's lighting and landscaping districts in a bid to increase taxes.
The ballots are due May 20, and if the majority of voters are OK with the increases, they will take effect later this year.
These are the proposed increases:
Annual fees in the two lighting districts would increase from $20.80 to $46.52 for single family homes and from $2.70 to $6.42 per 1,000 square feet of land for commercial areas, if approved.
The four zones in the landscaping districts will increase as follows: from $56.55 to $101.99 per 1,000 square feet in Xalapa Park area; from $17 to $38.72 per 1,000 square feet in the Arrow Grand Circle area; from $10 to $15.93 per 1,000 square feet in the Azusa Avenue area; and in mainly residential areas fees will jump from $21.90 to $81.08.
An annual inflationary adjustment of up to 3 percent also will be added to lighting and landscaping districts, according to staff reports.