MEASURE R - SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION
Purpose and Use of Tax Revenue:
Revenue from the Special Tax, including penalties and interest, shall be used for fire protection and emergency services, including but not limited to, maintaining local emergency medical services; attracting and retaining qualified professional paramedics; maintaining high cardiac and stroke survivability standards; maintaining local fire protection; maintaining current 9-1-1 fire response times; and improving the District's ability to react to and contain wildland fires.
Senior tax EXEMPTION
The Special Tax shall not be imposed on any Parcel owned by a person age sixty-five (65) years or over as of July 1 of each applicable fiscal year and which is used solely for owner-occupied single-family residential purposes, if the owner obtains an annual exemption to the Special Tax upon approval of the District.
Applications for this exemption must be submitted to the District by June 30 of each calendar year. The application and instructions for this exemption are linked below and provide the information required by the District. The application process will be in the form of self-certification under penalty of perjury. If the District determines the need to audit an application, the District may require additional information.
NOTE: As 2025/2026 was the first year of the Special Tax, the District has developed a process for reimbursement for those seniors who wanted to claim the exemption, but missed the deadline. The link to the process for this one time reimbursement can be found below. For all subsequent tax years, it will be the responsibility of the parcel owner to apply for their exemption by June 30 of that calendar year.
The application and Instructions are available at the Fire Station located at 3410 Shoreline Highway, or by downloading using the link below.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please send your questions to info@stinsonbeachfire.org.