Orange County school impact fee fight appealed to NC Supreme Court
Orange County property owners urge the NC Supreme Court to take up their lawsuit challenging school impact fees.
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Orange County property owners urge the NC Supreme Court to take up their lawsuit challenging school impact fees.
Property owners challenging school impact fees in Orange County hope the NC Supreme Court will take their case. They’re asking the court to follow the lead of a dissent from the state’s second-highest court.
The N.C. Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Orange County might have to refund some challenged school impact fees. The decision offers a potential partial victory to plaintiffs who challenged the fees.
The N.C. Court of Appeals will decide in the weeks ahead whether Orange County will need to repay millions of dollars collected for school impact fees since 2009. Judges heard an hour of oral arguments Tuesday in the case Zander v. Orange County.