Dear PG neighbors–

We’d like to provide a further update on the prospect of creating a Residential Permit Parking District (RPPD) for Potomac Greens (PG) to prevent issues that may arise with the opening of the new Metrorail station.

The City has delivered 227 ballots to the Post Office for delivery to current residents of PG (persons currently residing at each address), and some residents have already received them. If you have not yet received your ballot in your mailbox, it’s in the mail and should be delivered within the next few days. The deadline for the City to receive your response is March 28, 2022.

At the PG HOA Board Meeting last Thursday, the 24th, two members of the City Staff provided an informative presentation (click here) and answered a number of questions by residents in attendance.

The Board has received a few questions about eligibility to acquire a parking permit for residents (homeowners or renters) and allowable exemptions from paying personal property tax on a vehicle not registered in Virginia. Per the City website, the following persons are fully or partially exempted from paying the personal property tax and local registration fee:

• Military personnel who are on extended active duty and who are not residents of Virginia, if the vehicle is owned (not leased) by and registered solely in the name of the active duty person, are exempt from both the local registration fee and personal property tax. Military personnel who are on active duty and are residents of Virginia are exempt from the local registration fee but not the personal property tax.
• The spouse of an active duty military member is exempt from the personal property tax on a vehicle owned solely or jointly with the military member if the service member is exempt. Vehicles co-owned with other family members or non-related persons will not qualify for the exemption.
• Certain Members of Congress and their spouse; Pursuant to Federal law (4 U.S.C. Chapter 4; PL 99-190): “No State, or political subdivision thereof, in which a Member of Congress maintains a place of abode for purposes of attending sessions of Congress may impose a personal property tax with respect to any motor vehicle owned by such Member (or by the spouse of such Member) unless such Member represents such State or a district in such State.” Members representing the Commonwealth of Virginia, or districts within the Commonwealth, are not exempt from the personal property tax, and are subject to Virginia tax law.
• Recognized foreign diplomats and their immediate families are exempt from both the local registration fee and personal property tax.
• Disabled American veterans whose vehicles display current Virginia disabled veteran license plates are exempt from the local registration fee but not the personal property tax.
• Members of the Virginia National Guard whose vehicles display current Virginia National Guard license plates pay only half the local registration fee but are not exempt from the personal property tax.

Notably, the City also informed us that Potomac Yards, the community on the western side of the Metro and CSX rail lines, voted to establish a RPPD before the Metrorail station opens. In that survey, the City mailed 446 ballots to Potomac Yards residents, 238 residents (53%) responded, and 78% of those respondents supported the creation of the new RPPD.

Best regards–
The PG HOA Board of Directors