Comparision of County Charters
on
Districting and Prevailing Ordinance

Districting

Countycommissioners/districtsreside in?elected by
Alachua 5/5 Y C
Brevard 5/5 y D
Broward 7/7 y C?
Charlotte 5/5 y C
Clay 5/5 y C
Dade 13/13? y D
Hillsborough 7/4 4-y
3 county-wide
c
Orange 6/6
1-chairman
y-commissioners
n-chair
D-commissioners
C-chairman
Palm Beach 7/7 y D
Pinellas general law general law general law
Polk 5/5 y C
St Johns 5/5 y C (status: rejected?)
Seminole 5/5 y C
Honolulu, HI 9/9 y D
Maui, HI 9/9 y C
Alemeda, CA 5/5 y D
LA, CA 5/5 y D
San Diego, CA 5/5 ? D
San Fran, CA 11/11 ? D
Santa Clara, CA 5/5 y D
San Mateo 5/5 y C
Pitkin, CO 5/5 y C
Maricopa, AR 5/5
+ 1 chair
5 sups-y
chair-n
D-5 supervisors
C-chair
Montgomery, MD 9/5 5-y
4-n
5-D
4-C
Ramsey, MN 7/7 y D
Lincoln, Montana 3/3 y D
Cass, ND 5/5 y C
Multnomah, OR4/4
+1 chair
4-y D-4
C-chair
Alleghany, PA 15/13 13-y
2-n
D-13
C-2
Deleware, PA 5/0 na C
Erie, PA 7/7 y D
Davidson TN 40/35 y-35
n-5
5-C
35-D
Clallam, WA 3/3 y D
King, WA 13/13 y D
Pierce, WA 7/7 y D
Skamania, WA (status?) 3/3 D
Snohomish, WA 5/5 y D

Conflict between county and municipal ordinances

Countyprevails
Alachua m
Brevard m
Broward c- landuse, handgun, environ
m- all else
Charlotte m
Clay m
Hillsborough m
Orange c-minimum adult entertainment or pollution regulatory standards
m-all else
Palm Beach c-wells,wellfields,landuse,schools,beaches parks, solid waste disposal, Co law enforcement, Co roads, Co public buildings impact fees; Co fire-rescue and Co library impact fees, road LOS & concurrency
m-all else
Pinellas c- by state law or charter
m-otherwise
Polk
St. Johns m - status rejected?
Seminole m
Alleghany, PA m
Erie, PA m
Skamania, WA (status?) c


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