{"id":251046,"date":"2026-07-24T12:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251046\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:02:14","slug":"montgomery-township-approves-tax-assessment-settlement-for-bethlehem-pike-car-wash-property-north-penn-now-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251046\/","title":{"rendered":"Montgomery Township approves tax assessment settlement for Bethlehem Pike car wash property \u2013 North Penn Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agreement raises assessed value of former Montgomery Consolidated School\u00a0parcel, generating additional local tax revenue while avoiding prolonged litigation<\/p>\n

Montgomery Township supervisors unanimously approved a negotiated tax assessment settlement Monday for a commercial property along Bethlehem Pike, concluding a years-long appeal that will increase the property\u2019s taxable value and generate additional revenue for local governments.<\/p>\n

The settlement involves the property at 739 Bethlehem Pike, a 1.07-acre parcel occupied by a car wash and owned by National Retail Properties Trust. <\/p>\n

The property was the former site of the historic Montgomery Consolidated School.<\/a> The historic 100-year-old two-story stone structure, which served for four decades as the Montgomery Township Consolidated School and later became the site of a fabric store and Montgomeryville Army-Navy, was bulldozed for a new 3,600-square-foot membership-driven car wash with 23 spaces and double-lane capacity for 16 vehicles.\u00a0Following a public hearing before Montgomery Township Board of Supervisors in February 2022, Caliber Capital LLC, of Atlanta, received unanimous land development approval to demolish the existing 46,914-square-foot building and construct a new 3,680-square-foot one-story LUV Car Wash.<\/p>\n

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The assessment appeal was originally filed by the North Penn School District after the Montgomery County Board of Assessment Appeals declined to increase the property\u2019s assessment following a 2023 hearing. The school district subsequently appealed the decision to Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, where negotiations ultimately led to the proposed settlement.<\/p>\n

Under the agreement, the property\u2019s fair market value will be established at $2.1 million for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 tax years. As a result, the assessed value for township and county tax purposes will increase from $279,930 to $745,500 for 2024, from $566,410 to $690,900 for 2025, and to $645,960 for 2026, reflecting changes in Montgomery County\u2019s common level ratio each year. Beginning in 2026, the assessment of $645,960 will remain in effect for future tax years unless changed through another assessment proceeding permitted under Pennsylvania law.<\/p>\n

Township officials said the negotiated agreement represents a practical resolution that avoids the expense and uncertainty of continued litigation while increasing the property\u2019s taxable value. Based on the settlement, the property owner will owe approximately $2,048 in additional township taxes for the 2024 through 2026 tax years, while the property\u2019s assessed value for 2026 will increase by nearly $79,550 compared with its current assessment. <\/p>\n

Supervisors authorized Township Solicitor to execute the settlement agreement on the township\u2019s behalf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Agreement raises assessed value of former Montgomery Consolidated School\u00a0parcel, generating additional local tax revenue while avoiding prolonged litigation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-251046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}