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Residents press council to enforce Indian Land moratorium and explain impact-fee forgiveness

Lancaster County Council · October 28, 2025
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At the Lancaster County Council meeting, multiple residents backed a nine-month moratorium on new residential development in Indian Land, urged completion of the Unified Development Ordinance and raised alarms about a 2021 ordinance that they say forgave most development impact fees.

Dozens of residents told the Lancaster County Council at its meeting that the nine-month moratorium on new residential development in Indian Land should be enforced strictly and that the council should finish updates to the Unified Development Ordinance before lifting the pause.

The comments placed particular emphasis on a 2021 council ordinance that one resident said forgave development impact fees levied prior to Oct. 1, 2021. "That amounts to 34,000,000 of the 36,000,000 impact fees," said Tony McCammon, a resident, calling the…

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