Property Owners Oppose 'Cracker Style' Design Standards

In response to rapid suburbanization, planners spent two years creating a 'Cracker' style design standard for central Land O'Lakes in Pasco County, Property owners opposed the standards.

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November 14, 2002, 5:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

merchants complained that the plan, which could dictate architectural standards in central Land O'Lakes, would deprive them of freedom to develop their property as they would like... the free market, not county planners, should dictate the appearance of the community. "

Thanks to Sheryl Stolzenberg

FULL STORY: Opponents spurn plan for the heart of Land O'Lakes

Wednesday, November 13, 2002 in The St. Petersburg Times

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