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Residents urge county to pursue state acquisition after federal court dismissal of Pine Island lawsuit
Summary
A U.S. District Court dismissed a developer's challenge to Beaufort County's Cultural Protection Overlay (CPO) as moot, keeping the CPO in place for now. Public commenters urged the county to seek state acquisition of the property and warned of continued 'lawfare' by developers.
At the start of public comment, residents urged the county to press for a public acquisition of the Pine Island property after a federal judge dismissed a developer’s lawsuit as moot. County staff had told council earlier that the dismissal left the county's Cultural Protection Overlay (CPO) intact, but did not decide the CPO's validity on the merits.
Robert New, who spoke during public comment, described the litigation…
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