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Orange County commissioners reject repeal of voter-approved rural boundary, deny challenges tied to SB 180
Summary
After extended public comment, the Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to keep recent county actions that shrink the Lake Pickett study area and implement the county'wide rural boundary amendment intact, declining to repeal those ordinances in response to threats tied to state law (Senate Bill 180).
Orange County commissioners on July 15 refused to repeal two recent local actions tied to the county'wide rural boundary and the Lake Pickett study area, rejecting attempts to use new state law as a reason to undo measures recently adopted by the board and approved by voters. The board voted unanimously to retain the amendments, after more than an hour of public comment and several hours of staff briefings and legal analysis. Public testimony at the meeting included residents, environmental groups and local leaders urging commissioners to protect locally adopted land-use tools and to resist state-level pressure.
The board considered two…
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