u Residents must register their pets at SouthField “Town Hall.”
u Homeowners pay property taxes to the South Shore Tri-Town Development Corp.
u Children attend Weymouth public schools.
u Residents of SouthField Highlands vote in Weymouth.
u There are plans to eventually build homes on the Rockland portion of SouthField; those residents would vote in Rockland.
u The towns of Abington, Rockland, and Weymouth will be asked to approve a plan to dissolve SouthField after the project is finished. (Tri-Town will present a dissolution plan to the towns; with their approval, the land will revert to the original boundary lines that existed when the Navy acquired the land more than 70 years ago.)
Property tax rates
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for FY2012 (per $1,000 of assessed value) |
|
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SouthField Residential rate Commercial rate | $12.89 $23.89 |
|
Abington | $15.36 |
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Rockland | $15.81 |
|
Weymouth Residential Commercial | $12.14 $20.13 |
Water/sewer bills
|
Costs for 120 hundred cubic feet, or approximately 90,000 gallons |
|
| The Commons at SouthField Highlands | about $3,500 |
| Abington |
$1,146 ($506 for water, $640 for sewer) |
| Rockland |
$974 ($506 for water, $468 for sewer) |
|
Weymouth |
$1,530 ($609 for water, $921 for sewer) |
Sources: MWRA 2011 Water & Sewer Retail Rate Survey; South Shore Tri-Town Development Corp.; Towns of Weymouth, Abington, and Rockland; MassDevelopment.