Residences:
- all new residents must start out at Mrs. Silver's Boarding House or they may move in with an established family only if they are moving in as future spouses.
- To prevent real estate fluctuations residents will be allowed to move to a new home only every seven years, specifically within the Moon Year. (Some simcity residents call this simMonday.) Moving in with relative or future spouses may occure at any time.
- Mortgages up to 80% of the value of the home are allowed if the sim holds a job or is an owner of a business or graduate from university.
- Only approved homes designed by Mr. Silver or Landgrabb Enterprises subsidiary EA may be built in Silver Grove Valley
Education:
- There is compulsory education for all children from 5-18 years of age. After the age of 18, teens are considered young adults and have the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of adults
- Community College is available to all young adults of Silver Valley Grove with passing grades of c- or better.
Taxes:
- For the first 7 years of a residents life no taxes will be incurred on them for businesses, vacation homes, or net worth.
- After such time taxes will be collected in a sliding scale with credits given to married couples and dependents.
Tax tiers (Modeled after the new Apple Valley Tax system):
- wealthy (net worth $100,000+) = $2000 per sim
- mid-range (net worth$50,000-$99,000) = $1500 per sim
- low (net worth$20,000-$49,000) = $1000 per sim
- poverty (net worth below $20,000) = $500 per sim
Misc Taxes:
- Pet registration and handling tax of $1000 per animal.
- Luxury Tax of $5000 for each vacation home
- Business Tax on a sliding scale based on business rank:
- Rank 0 = $100
- Rank 1-3 = $1000
- Rank 4-6 = $2500
- Rank 7-10 = $5000
Tax Credits:
- $1000 for each child
- $1000 each married couple
- 10% of significant donations ($10,000 or more) up to $5000.
- Birth of child - $1000 per pregnancy
- Adoption - $1000 for immigration fee unless adopting local child
- Immigration/emmigration - $1000
- Funerary Services - $500
- Wedding services - $1000
- Divorce costs - $3000
- Hospital stay - varies $500-$3000
- Major house remodel - $3000
- Private school - $200/year
- University - $8000 for 4 years
- Unsupported call to emergency services - $500
Laws and Related Punishment/fees:
Fines and possible jail time will be imposed for any criminal infraction icluding but not limited to:
- Public indecency (public nudity, public woohoo) - $500
- Vandalism (kicking over trash cans, destroying property)- $300
- Fighting on public grounds - $500
- DUI - $1000 and lose driver's license for 5 years
- Petty theft (stealing gnomes/newspapers/shoplifting) - $500
- Neglect - of child $1000 per child, $300 per pet, and they will be taken away
- Vagrancy (sleeping either on public property or squatting uninvited in another's home) - $500
- Infraction of town laws/failure to pay taxes -up to $500 per day until remedied
- Burglary - Up to $5000 and 1-5 years in jail
- Counterfeiting - Up to $5000 fine and possible 1-3 years in jail
- Causing the death of a sim (accidental) - $10000 fine and up to 5 years in jail
- Murder - 5-20 years in jail
A joint effort between the Sim Historical Preservation Society and simcity's Neighborhood Partnership Program will offer Silver Valley $100,000 each year ever Star Year to supplement their budget as long as needed as long as the hood remained a small hood (under 50 sims).
As the first residents arrive only the Village Green area is open to the public.
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