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11 <br /> 16) Statute of Limitations for Challenging Zoning <br /> Ordinances - Orange County seeks a more appropriate <br /> statute of limitations that would authorize the <br /> bringing of legal challenges/action within three years <br /> of the adoption of a zoning ordinance. Session Law <br /> 2011-384 significantly amended 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 /> 17) Potentially Dangerous Dog Declarations - Appeals <br /> Timetable - Orange County seeks an amendment to the <br /> North Carolina General Statutes to increase the time <br /> period to 14 calendar days for the scheduling of a <br /> hearing on an appeal for a potentially dangerous dog <br /> declaration. North Carolina General Statute 67-4 . 1 .0 <br /> states that an "appellate Board shall schedule a <br />