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Marion County adopts ordinance allowing legal notices on county website; board approves related LDC updates
Summary
Marion County commissioners voted 4-1 on Sept. 16 to allow many legally required public notices to appear on a county-operated, publicly accessible website instead of in local newspapers, with companion edits to the land development code passed unanimously.
Marion County commissioners on Sept. 16 voted to allow the county to publish some legally required public notices on a Marion County-operated, publicly accessible website instead of in local newspapers — a change authorized by state law in 2023.
The ordinance passed 4-1 (Commissioner Curry dissenting) after staff and public testimony. Deputy county attorney Dana Oluski told the board the change would let the county post notices on its website as an alternative to newspaper publication if the county finds it would be less expensive and meets accessibility requirements. The ordinance requires a conspicuous link on the county site, a staff-signed proof of publication for web postings and an annual in-print notice to alert residents to the web option.
In a related set of votes the board also approved three land development code amendments (items 6.2–6.4) clarifying how the county may use the publicly accessible website for legal advertisements, including a standardized display size for certain LDC amendment notices. Those amendments passed unanimously.
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