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Walton County commissioners vote to send land-use hearings to special magistrate; staff to return on plats
Summary
The board approved an ordinance assigning quasi‑judicial land‑use hearings to a special magistrate and asked staff to return with a separate ordinance to streamline record plat approvals as a consent‑agenda item.
Walton County commissioners on April 22 approved an ordinance that sends the county’s quasi‑judicial land‑use hearings to a special magistrate for evidentiary review, with the board reserving final approval authority.
The ordinance assigns specified quasi‑judicial proceedings to a magistrate — either an administrative law judge supplied through the Department of Administrative Hearings (DOA) or a contract magistrate — who will hold evidentiary hearings and return written findings for the board to accept or reject. County Attorney staff said the written…
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