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Task Force and associated Grant Fund and supports <br />future efforts to move these initiatives forward; <br />Statute of Limitations for Challenging Zoning <br />16) <br />Ordinances <br /> – Orange County seeks a more appropriate <br />statute of limitations thatwould authorize the <br />bringing of legal challenges/action within three years <br />of the adoption of a zoning ordinance. Session Law <br />2011-384 significantlyamended the statute of <br />limitations for challenging zoning ordinances by <br />providing that actions challenging the validity of any <br />zoning or unified development ordinance accrue “when <br />the party bringing the action first has standing to <br />challenge the ordinance…”. This amendment has the <br />potential to leave lawfully adopted county ordinances <br />open to challenge indefinitely. If an individual <br />purchases a piece of property twenty years after the <br />adoption of a zoning ordinance, pursuant to that <br />amendment, that individual may challenge the validity <br />of the zoning ordinance; <br />Potentially Dangerous Dog Declarations – Appeals <br />17) <br />Timetable <br />–Orange County seeks an amendment to the <br />North Carolina General Statutesto increase the time <br />period to 14 calendar days for the scheduling of a <br /> <br />