“I don’t think most people think of a golf course as a wildlife refuge,” said Mary Kieke, the county’s deputy chief appraiser. “They’ve got a very green, environmentally friendly golf course.”Īppraisal review boards rejected two requests for the wildlife designation since last year, and the appraisal district is fighting a 2008 lawsuit filed by the company, an affiliate of Denver hotel developer Miller Global Properties.To county appraisers, the request contradicts common sense. “They’ve gone out of their way to comply with everything that the law requires,” said Tim Parma, a tax agent for the company. That amount doesn’t include future tax breaks on the land, valued this year at about $15.6 million. In a legal battle with the Bexar Appraisal District, the owner, SA Real Estate, contends about 375 acres of land used for the golf courses merits a wildlife management valuation worth about $1.4 million in tax savings over the past two years. Wildlife Exemption Battle Brews in San Antonioįour years after the city granted a famously controversial tax deal to the PGA Tour golf resort, the owner is fighting for lower property taxes by claiming the site’s two golf courses provide a wildlife refuge for birds and deer.
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