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Article: Private golf courses in St. Louis County now classified as residential
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- St. Louis Daily Record
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- March 23, 2007
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Nine private golf courses in St. Louis County have been improperly
taxed as commercial properties since 2003, an appeals court ruled
Tuesday.
The courses, which included Old Warson Country Club and St. Louis
Country Club, fought the commercial classification because it hiked
their assessed values and subsequent taxes.
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, agreed the golf
courses were not viable as future commercial properties or public
golf courses. The immediate most suitable economic uses for the areas
are residential properties like the lavish homes lining the courses,
the court decided.
Now the country clubs will demand a refund for the four years of
higher taxes they paid ...