The view tax is an issue for me. I live on a hill and what was once a magnificent view has greatly decreased. Trees do grow and I go back 55 years. My mom lived here before me. I have been removing trees for many years now and it is about to have some impact on the view. What I learned in part is that they consider the view as a matter of degrees. A narrow view is a tunnel, then 10 to 30%, 30 to 60, etc. I have left some trees up and have removed quite a few which will not be noticed yet as you don't yet see this area from the house. i have been also concentrating on the area that is most open but have deepened it rather than widening it. Will it help? Damned if I know but I have a plan, a goal, and shortly the view will widen, my taxes will go up, maybe quite a bit, but hopefully not this time.