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Mooresville amends UDO to allow payment‑in‑lieu for trails when construction is infeasible
Summary
The Board adopted a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance allowing planning staff discretion to accept payments in lieu of constructing multi‑use trail segments when site conditions make on‑site construction infeasible; the change was intended to improve practical implementation of the town’s transportation plans.
The Mooresville Board of Commissioners voted to amend the Unified Development Ordinance to permit payment in lieu of constructing certain greenway or side‑path segments when site conditions make construction infeasible, and to require any payment in lieu to be documented as a condition of zoning when applied.
Planner James Coley told the board the town’s transportation plans are high level and sometimes call for trail alignments that cross difficult terrain or multiple property lines; the amendment gives…
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