 
The Red Jacket Mountain View Resort’s entire south wing was destroyed in an April 2022 fire. The wing was constructed at a time when fire suppression systems were required in hotels. In the wake of the fire last April at the Red Jacket Mountain View resort, two Carroll County state representatives are working on legislation to enable towns to give property tax relief to lodging establishments seeking to add sprinkler systems. The fire wound up destroying the entire south wing of the hotel, and a subsequent investigation found that there were no sprinklers in the wing because it had been built in 1971, before the fire suppression systems were required. State Reps. Anita Burroughs and John MacDonald told The Conway Daily Sun are working on legislation to enable towns to offer incentives for hotels to upgrade their safety systems. Under the proposed bill, the owner of a qualifying structure that installed the systems would be able to apply for property tax relief for up to a five-year period. — THE CONWAY DAILY SUN |
