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Mooresville planning board backs text amendment to allow cat cafes, recommends downtown be by-right
Summary
The Planning Board recommended the town board approve a simplified unified development ordinance amendment to create a defined "cat cafe" use, with public speakers supporting the proposal and the board asking that the downtown district be permitted by right.
The Town of Mooresville Planning Board voted to recommend that the Town Board adopt a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (TA-2025-05) to create a defined "cat cafe" use and associated regulations.
The Planning Board's vote follows a staff presentation and an applicant presentation explaining the model and regulatory differences between a cat cafe and animal boarding. Veronica Bateson, Planner II with the Planning Department, told the board staff recommended a simplified version of the applicant's draft and proposed allowing cat cafes by right in some commercial districts while requiring conditional zoning in others.
Applicant Amy Dalton, co-owner of the proposed business, described the operation…
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