The county fears massive traffic problems arising from commuters daily leaving rural Mount Dora (Pop. 9,000) for metro Orlando (Pop. 1.2 million) if the $2 billion venture, Foothills of Mount Dora, gets the green light.
The suit argues the county declared the planned development site as a growth center in 1996, allowing commercial and 990 homes, and cannot now legally reverse itself.
"It's a question of property rights versus keeping the status quo," says Harold Kantor of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed in Orlando, the developer's lawyer.
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