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Council asks staff to draft voluntary‑annexation charter options after legal briefing
Summary
Following a legal presentation about charter authority and state limits, the Volusia County Council narrowly directed staff to prepare options and draft charter language for an exclusive voluntary‑annexation process that would give county residents greater standing in owner‑requested annexations.
Senior assistant county attorney Paulo Soria briefed the council on statutory options for addressing voluntary, owner‑initiated annexations and noted that state law (SB 180) limits some approaches to rural growth boundaries but does not bar a county charter amendment imposing an exclusive method of voluntary…
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