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<br />is approaching the end of the time when major vcIopment and discollrage or prohibit other
<br />cliITl'rellCC!I in school fin~mcing because of dif- kinds in order to dcvelop a favorable property:.
<br />fen'ut property tax wealth from community to tax base. .,
<br />('Ollllllllllity will be tolerated., The impact of fiscal zoning is shown by com-
<br />So f~l1', pr;inic:.JJy a/l of the attention to mect- paring the typical prc-\Vorld 'Var 11 growth
<br />ing the mandate of the California court case of our urban areas with the post-war growth.
<br />has heen in tlle aJ'ea of massive nOllpropeny In the pre-war time the growth had not yet.
<br />stale aid to school dislricts so as to reduce the. reached most city limits. \Vithin the same city,
<br />on'rallle\'d of the propt;ny taxsllustaiHially. 0I1e part was a major residential area'for high-
<br />SOllie people have even talked ahout aholishing <:ost homes, another area for low'co~t.homcs,
<br />the properry tax., This solution, while probahly another area for commercial and in:dllslria'
<br />SlllTCSsfllllr llICetulg" the rcqlliremenft'o:equal_ 'purposes: another area with tax-exeirlpt co 1- .
<br />izc n'SOlllH'S. rr;;.iri n'~!~lInllnityt()<;OIll~{llinity, leges and u'niversities,. another are~ ~vith_ ta~-j ..; .
<br />'rolllll end IIp.~jc!:ifi(.;ini 'lo<-al.,~~?n,tr?C~r~I~~. .. exempt park and .recreation ar~as<i:t ~"::...,::- .. -' X.::: .;. .
<br />same time. 'Yc:J~~.S~I}od~riJinate:ri.,o(t-'l~ ff6p" ,.... The important thing: t~ rememhe~. is that .c.'
<br />,crt)' tax it:;el.r,;,~ii't ;t,I,~s)n.ts~~i~~ric(y.~.tiA!~ipns.. _~ in the pre-war days the total tax .ba~~ .~f, the
<br />in .propenrJa~~.~~:Lt.o~fr~:<:s~,J:~)ji::~i!:.:~;~i:~~~r~ti~i?:!.-.;:~:.commu~lity. was thcre to. support ~h~::~~f~~~ >. )
<br />The \fil,Hlt;s~,~1,'I~\~_~oes"nc:>ts~c.r:ifl~:fJ6(:al.:, services. It allmved a Iogic~11 i.:once/itr~lHj!l of ': ,."
<br />COlli r()1. No';,i;i~lifi~j~!;l ;ia~.'}f)!,~p1s?(i~:'c;Ni>,:.~ c6lJ1l1lerci~1 and indll~triaI propcrty.)t>.I}I)wed . _, ~ ..'
<br />m('tmpoIit:lI~:t?ii~g~:age.~ciJs)::r~~ti~U!\I!i<t::' " a section of town to he low-valu~ housi~ng.\vith~~,:~; ,<<.
<br />cal i ties (:OIitJlji\e::t9.!~~;!k~'ibc~(o'~v.i)j?()IH:y~de-:::: out a ~limunitioiI ofser\'ices in that~I}~~~.~~r a .' ~:~ ~. ~~.;:.~. "
<br />cisiollS 0I1Iev'yi'li-p.i-ope~ty:ta~~~f.:'\~j4.tf}i{ is::-<: severetax penalty. The tax hasc to .e~lUC~I((t~l~.~. >. c. ,",_
<br />because each ~cepsits'()\~n legal' ta~):?~~~,;.)~. . ..chiIdrenof the area was thc rich man"~hoJTle,:'
<br />0111' I:nv, however, isa-yciy'mpdest.'st~p,. . the poor man's home, the places where they
<br /><lealin~ only Yiit,h,a p~rtion o(fl~ti'ir~:gj-owth bc>th worked and where they shopped.)Vhen
<br />and n)\:eringnit.y 4j:)or:tion ~ifs.}?~;:S,ta.~?\it... land was taken ~ff the tax rolls for p;lI.:k~.o~. f~r <_
<br />was not i~tended_to 'solve: the s<:1:io?IJax prob- other purposes, ever)'one was affected,,/.,:. ...
<br />}em in any scnse>ofthe .,v~rd.:X~t~:-i~ler~isn~ . The post-w;lr experience has heen v~sdy dif- . ,
<br />reason wh.ya,~lj'();~.:ami~itiol~~.~1pplicati~n of . ferent. Theinterdcpenden~ ncighhor~.oods of
<br />the <:nIJC(~pt migTir-~.)t:betriedel~elv!l,~re,: fo~ the actu~l. tocil comml~nitY9f the metropolitan .',':"
<br />cX:J1uple, sharinga.llcommei:-cial:iriihi~J~ia) 'vai-:. arcaha\~e become legally independentrp,unici_,..- , ,...
<br />uatioll for schools. The point is'that,:~'rQther:' . .palities'In the "I:'win Cities metropolitan area, > ...
<br />States explllT~,~vays to nIeet thcmaJ'~d.-ii~'brt.he. .. for exa'~pJe"~ve have suburbs that.'ar~.:heavY.
<br />C.aliforni" case. rhegeneral chnc:el)t~f ~xbase .. centc:rs .(,r~n~lustr:y~ other suburbs \~f~~h C()]~~.
<br />sharin~ could be investigated as part,: ofa so- centrationso[ high-income families, other sub-
<br />lution;, because it does provide a lvay, to.l:<-eep . urbs with concentrations of 10wer-iilcoITle fam-
<br />spending decisions. local:: -'-':....--__:...~~ ..:-,':' <._ iJies; and of course we have t\VO central cities,
<br />.. " . Minneapolis and St. Paul, which continue to
<br />have a need for additional services but which
<br />have now heen fully built-up. .
<br />Suburhan commmiities that happen to. have
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<br />TAX BASE SHARING
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<br />Now back to our base-sharing law.
<br />In perhaps the .most dramatic way possible,
<br />it breaks down barriers which have been
<br />created between central cities and thcir sub-
<br />urbs and between suburbs arid the surround-
<br />ing rural areas and reduces incentives for "fis-
<br />cal zoning:' The term "fiscal;20nin~" has been
<br />used to refcr to the practice which some com:
<br />Jllllllii:ies have followed of adjusting their zon-
<br />ing ordinances. to attract certain kinds of de-
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