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Consultant outlines land development ordinance rewrite, warns state downzoning law limits local changes
Summary
CodeRight consultant Chad Meadows updated the Planning Board Dec. 2 on the LDO rewrite, described a schedule through 2026 and cautioned that a 2024 downzoning law and pending bills (HB765, HB622) restrict local authority to lower densities, change allowable uses or create nonconformities without landowner consent.
Town planning consultant Chad Meadows of CodeRight gave an in-depth status update Dec. 2 on Woodfin's land development ordinance (LDO) rewrite, described a timeline for drafting and testing and cautioned that recent state legislation has narrowed what local governments can lawfully change without landowner consent.
Meadows told the Planning Board the project experienced a delay while the team waited for clarity on session law 2024-57 (described in the meeting as a downzoning bill). He summarized three main constraints the law imposes unless local governments secure consent from affected landowners: they cannot lower residential…
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