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Lenoir City Council strengthens one-year moratorium on multifamily development
Summary
Council approved an amendment increasing exemption requirements for a one-year moratorium on multifamily building and development inside city limits, tightening which projects can proceed while a land-use review continues.
Lenoir City Council on Dec. 9 approved an amendment to a one-year moratorium on building permits and site plans for multifamily development inside the city limits, changing the exemption criteria so developers must meet three conditions to proceed rather than the earlier single-condition threshold.
The change was proposed by city staff and explained to council by Greg Butler of the planning staff. Butler said the original moratorium allowed projects to qualify if they met just one exemption; the amended text raises that to three so the moratorium will have “the teeth”…
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