Questions during oral arguments Wednesday suggest the North Carolina Supreme Court does not favor mandating a 30-foot buffer between an Orange County subdivision and a neighboring horse farm. Plaintiff Alison Arter sued the county and property owners involved with the Array subdivision in 2021.
The state Appeals Court split 2-1 in ruling Tuesday against the owner of a horse farm in Orange County. The owner had argued that county rules required a buffer that would shield her property from a new housing development.