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Awaiting decisions in a land use limbo

One of the goals of Measure 49 was to streamline development claims made under Measure 37. With a key deadline looming, though, the law's meaning is still debated, and families like the Bolkens are increasingly frustrated.

TERREBONNE — For years, Olaf and Jannis Bolken wanted to sell the older house on their 31 acres to their son Torfinn, who lives there with his family.

Olaf and Jannis, both 72, live in a newer house they built after they purchased the property north of Terrebonne in 1971.

But they could not sell....

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