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Southern Pines delays landscaping and tree‑protection changes as towns press opposition to NC Senate Bill 382
Town of Southern Pines Town Council · March 12, 2025
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Summary
Council voted to continue proposed landscaping and tree‑protection amendments to its June meeting to await clarity on NC Senate Bill 382, and later adopted a resolution opposing the bill and asking local delegates to intervene.
Council members voted to delay two zoning code changes — amendments to the town’s landscaping standards and a tree‑protection measure — until the June meeting because of uncertainty created by North Carolina Senate Bill 382.
Planning Director BJ Grieve explained that Senate Bill 382 broadened the statutory definition of downzoning to…
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