Land Use Issues
Friends of French PrairieEach is intended to provide an overview of the subject, the potential impact on French Prairie, and to support it with as much detailed information as we can find (i.e. maps, drawings, etc.)
We also post articles from local and national media, as they become available, for each subject.
Current French Prairie Land Use Issues
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Sen. Fred Girod, SB 534 and Aurora Airport Expansion
At the beginning of the current 2015 legislative session, Sen. Fred Girod (R-Silverton) put forward Senate Bill 534, which will enable cities to provide water and sewer to airports without annexation into the city. This bill is not only unnecessary because provision of these services is possible under current land use laws (provided a need is shown), but it is a specific gift to the Aurora Airport and has state-wide implications. FOFP met with Sen. Girod, and he made it quite clear that the...
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