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Residents urge enforcement on derelict properties and local leaders warn about HB 765

3393801 · May 19, 2025
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Summary

Public commenters at the May 19 meeting raised two recurring concerns: enforcement against uninhabited, blighted properties and opposition to state legislation (HB 765) they said would reduce local control and increase development density.

Speakers during the public comment period at the May 19 Union County Board of Commissioners meeting urged the board to enforce existing local ordinances on neglected properties and expressed opposition to pending state legislation they said would erode local zoning control and strain county services.

Resident Kimberly Morris Morrison Hansley told commissioners she has repeatedly reported uninhabited, dilapidated…

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