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Fort Mill council adopts temporary moratorium on new residential rezoning and annexation applications
Summary
The Fort Mill Town Council approved a temporary moratorium—effective on adoption through Dec. 31—stopping acceptance and processing of applications for rezoning or annexation of new residential developments, with an explicit exemption for projects that have already begun the application process by starting a traffic impact analysis.
The Fort Mill Town Council on Monday adopted an ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on acceptance and processing of applications for rezoning or annexation of new residential developments, effective upon council approval and running through Dec. 31. Council opened and closed a public hearing with no speakers before taking the final vote.
Councilmembers said the ordinance text was amended before the second reading to clarify that projects that have “already begun the process toward annexation or rezoning, by starting a traffic impact analysis,” are exempt from the moratorium. That clarification was described during the meeting as intended to protect projects “that are in the works.”
The moratorium was presented as a final reading. A voice vote was taken; councilmembers answered “aye” and no recorded roll-call tally was provided in the transcript. The ordinance will pause new applications for the remainder of the calendar year while staff and council consider planning and development questions raised by recent growth.
Mayor and council did not receive public testimony during the hearing. Town staff said the amendment simply clarifies that any project that has already initiated a traffic impact study—the town’s first step in the annexation/rezoning process—would not be affected by the moratorium.
The council did not attach additional conditions or a sunset-review process beyond the Dec. 31 effective date contained in the ordinance. If council or staff propose changes before that date, the changes would need to return to council for approval.
The meeting record shows the public hearing for this ordinance was opened, no public comments were made, and council voted to adopt the ordinance at second/final reading.
