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Auburn council adopts 12‑month moratorium on new high‑density student housing downtown
Summary
The Auburn City Council adopted a temporary moratorium — amended to expire Nov. 30, 2026 — stopping new multiunit residential and private dormitory developments in two downtown zoning districts while staff studies sewer, traffic, stormwater and zoning changes.
The Auburn City Council voted to impose a temporary moratorium on new multiple‑unit residential and private dormitory developments in the Urban Core and Urban Neighborhood West zoning districts, adopting the ordinance as amended to set an expiration of Nov. 30, 2026.
City staff told the council the moratorium is intended to buy time for technical studies after staff and council raised concerns about the pace and scale of recent projects. "The 4 key things we will be looking at are sewer, traffic, zoning ordinance items and some stormwater," Megan Crouch said as she…
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