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County officials say state law shifted land-use authority in Dakota Pacific dispute; county has sued
Summary
Summit County officials told a visiting congressional delegation they are litigating a dispute over a Dakota Pacific development after a late legislative change created an HTRZ financing zone for the project and altered local land-use control; officials say the change was inserted minutes before a floor vote and that the county is pursuing legal remedy.
Summit County officials told a visiting congressional delegation that they have filed litigation against both the state and developer Dakota Pacific after a recent state law changed land-use authority and created a High-Tier Redevelopment Zone (HTRZ) for the project.
Unidentified Speaker 4, who outlined the development’s history, said Dakota Pacific (which acquired the property from the Boyer company and owner John Miller) proposed plans that initially included as many as 1,100 units, later reduced to about 700. The speaker said county leaders supported local mixed-use changes to the general plan but objected when a late legislative amendment effectively…
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