[Amended 5-27-1975; 4-5-1993 by Ord. No. 93-20; 5-4-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-6]
Any person owning property subject to assessment within the Town of Barrington who desires to appeal the assessment imposed by the Tax Assessor pursuant to §
13-2-2 of the Council-Manager Charter, as amended, must file an appeal, in writing, with the Tax Assessor within the time limits prescribed by Title 44, Chapter
5, Section 26 of the Rhode Island General Laws.
All appeals to the Board of Assessment Review
shall be made on the form provided by such Board, and each and every
question on such form shall be answered completely. A separate appeal
form shall be filed for each separate lot or parcel of land and for
all items of tangible personal property as a group. Such petition
shall be executed by the owner of record and, in the case of owners
who are other than natural persons, shall be executed by a person
having due authority.
Any appellant who shall fail to appear at their
scheduled hearing without giving the Board prior notice thereof will
be recorded as a default for nonappearance, and such appeal shall
be dismissed with prejudice, unless the appellant can demonstrate
to the Board that their failure to appear was a result of an honest
mistake or through no fault on their part.
Any appellant may petition the Board for a rehearing
on the basis of evidence which could not have been presented to the
Board at the time of the original hearing. Such petition shall include
a summary of the evidence and the reason why it could not have been
previously presented. The Board shall, at its next regularly scheduled
meeting after the filing of such petition for rehearing, determine
whether a rehearing shall be granted and shall notify the appellant
of its findings and recommendations with respect thereto.
This article shall take effect upon its passage
and shall apply to all hearings held by the Board of Assessment Review
after the date of passage, irrespective of the date of filing of an
appeal. All appeals filed prior to the passage of this article shall
be deemed duly and properly filed hereunder.