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San Louis Obispo, CA: (Mar-16-08) The Nipomo Community Services District brought a lawsuit against San Luis Obispo County in January 2007, after the county's Board of Supervisors approved property owner Henri DeGroot's application to change the zoning on 40 acres of property near Los Berros and El Campo roads. The suit was filed in order to get the county to abide by its own ordinance as well as to charge DeGroot a substantial sum of money to help develop a supplemental water source.
Sources close to the case stated that as part of a settlement reached; a judgment has been entered in which the county must abide by its own ordinance, resolving the dispute over the zoning change outside district boundaries. Additionally, as per the terms of the deal, DeGroot to pay $13,200 for each parcel in his subdivision toward developing supplemental water source for the Nipomo Mesa Water Conservation Area. Apart from that, the agreement requires that supplemental water be obtained before secondary units can be approved on DeGroot's subdivision, and before any final parcel or subdivision maps are recorded on another five properties.
DeGroot also agreed to pay $19,000 that will go towards NCSD's attorney fees and other court costs incurred to fight the suit. The judgment stated that any General Plan amendments that are made by the county must comply with County Code provisions. That would prevent land-use changes that would result in additional nonagricultural water use. [SANTA MARIA TIMES: SETTLEMENT REACHED IN NCSD LAWSUIT AGAINST SLO COUNTY]
Published on Mar-17-08
Sources close to the case stated that as part of a settlement reached; a judgment has been entered in which the county must abide by its own ordinance, resolving the dispute over the zoning change outside district boundaries. Additionally, as per the terms of the deal, DeGroot to pay $13,200 for each parcel in his subdivision toward developing supplemental water source for the Nipomo Mesa Water Conservation Area. Apart from that, the agreement requires that supplemental water be obtained before secondary units can be approved on DeGroot's subdivision, and before any final parcel or subdivision maps are recorded on another five properties.
DeGroot also agreed to pay $19,000 that will go towards NCSD's attorney fees and other court costs incurred to fight the suit. The judgment stated that any General Plan amendments that are made by the county must comply with County Code provisions. That would prevent land-use changes that would result in additional nonagricultural water use. [
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