OSCAR Issues Position Statement to Osceola County Manager

County Manager, Mike Freilinger, recently requested OSCAR’s position on the possible “Aircraft Noise Level Disclosure Ordinance”. The OSCAR Board of Directors passed the following position statement concerning this issue and has submitted this to the Osceola County Managers office on March 2, 2010:

"The Osceola County Association of REALTORS® request the Osceola County Board of County Commissioners NOT create a new ordinance requiring all future purchasers, mortgagees, occupiers, and users of residential property located within the Aircraft Noise/Land Use Control Zones disclose perceived aircraft noise impacts."

This was the recommendation from the OSCAR Public Policy Committee (Tim Weisheyer, Chair, and Kristy Bolin, Vice-Chair) based on the rationale that the amount of aircraft noise perceived to impact the areas highlighted within the Aircraft Noise/Land Use Control Zones is not significant enough to require a title disclosure. Requiring additional disclosure of such a factor could impose an undue stigma on existing property structures located within the designated areas and set precedent for increased consumer cost for new property structures in the future.

I received a call from the County Manager’s office informing me that the OSCAR position statement letter has been distributed to all the County Commissioners. A workshop has been scheduled for May 17, 2010 at 3 p.m. I encourage Osceola REALTOR® members to attend.

This is a great example of OSCAR advancing our Strategic Plan by establishing our organization as the trusted voice in local real estate.