i have a brother who lives in a new jersey semi rural area paying 12 thousand dollars a year in property taxes in a suburban housing subdivision. He and others are leaving. The progressive socialist communist governor has approved at least five new tax hikes since he was elected.It is not a tax on rain....
When storms occur, rainwater runs off of impervious
surfaces such as roads, roofs, and parking lots, and into stormwater
management systems and waterways. This stormwater carries with
it oil, pesticides, other chemicals, sediments, and bacteria that may
contaminate State waters, potentially making them unsafe for
drinking, fishing, and recreational purposes. It is estimated that up
to 60 percent of the State’s existing water pollution is attributable to
stormwater and nonpoint sources of pollution.
So the community eager for all this growth didn't plan properly and now wants to punish the people who followed all the zoning laws and all the all the state DEP regulations.
They are taxing those with large paved footprints for their storm runoff and the impact on the environment. The amount of rain has nothing to do with it