The vote on Nov. 3, 1970 was 18,002 to 15,832. Voters had rejected the idea in referendums held in 1952, 1958 and 1965. Along with zoning — up to then you could build anything anywhere — came ...

Supervisors voted 4-0 to approve both the first reading of the plan and a change to the county's zoning map to accommodate it, although the Polk County Zoning Commission on Nov. 28 voted 5-1 to ...