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Commissioners transmit disputed quasi-judicial land-use case to administrative law judge after debate
Summary
After lengthy discussion about process and public participation, the board voted to transmit a pending quasi-judicial development application to the administrative law judge (special magistrate) for hearing; the board will later receive the judge’s order and must approve or reject it based on the record.
Walton County commissioners voted to transmit a contentious quasi-judicial land-use application to an administrative law judge (special magistrate), after a prolonged discussion about legal process, public-comment rights and precedent from earlier hearings.
Background and board debate: The item involved a development proposal that falls under a longstanding DRI entitlement; the applicant and an intervenor had indicated they wanted the matter heard by the magistrate. County staff told the board the application came in midstream of a recently adopted ordinance that…
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