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Kapp. News: Should counties be free to zone and plan as they see fit and, if not, how much state involvement should there be in local government?
Guest: I think that planning and zoning is very much a local function. 1 think in terms of rivers ' and free-flowing streams, we do have to protect those. Certainly our water control board and our air control board might have an affect upon local zoning, but I think by and large zoning must remain a local matter. Rapp. News: The state delegates to counties the right to plan and zone, but the Dillon rule certainly limits what counties can do. Do you foresee any revision or liberalization of the Dillon rule? Guest: I don’t know if there will be a great liberalization of it. I think that certainly if counties, towns or cities come forward with their requests for something not allowed under the Dillon rule, there’s a very good chance of particular legislation being adopted for that.
For instance this past session Clarke County felt it did not have enough regulatory oversight for the drilling of wells, and it asked for special legislation to allow it to control the grouting and the casing of wells that were not covered by the uniform build(Continued
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