Judge: Orange County's growth-control measures can go on November ballot

A pair of growth-control measures set to face Orange County voters in November can remain on the ballot, surviving an effort by a landowner to have them tossed out.

Chief Judge Lisa Munyon denied a request for a temporary injunction filed by Lake Pickett North LLC, which owns property in rural east Orange. County leaders have rejected various development proposals on those ranchlands over the years, and one of the ballot measures enacts even stricter rules to develop.

Lake Pickett North, which most recently proposed the “Sustanee” project of 1,800 homes, alleged the county hadn’t prepared a business-impact statement prior to adopting the initiatives as required by state law, thus making the referendum null and void.

The suit challenged two separate county charter amendments: One would place further protections for rural areas within a so-called “rural boundary,” while the other would require a super-majority vote from county commissioners to approve voluntary annexations of unincorporated land into cities.



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