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Council pauses tree‑protection and character‑district UDO amendments until Feb. 10 to await state action
Summary
Planning staff recommended and the council voted to continue two public‑hearing items (landscaping/tree protection and character district amendments) to the Feb. 10, 2026 meeting while awaiting possible state statutory changes (cited Senate Bills 382 and 587) that affect "downzoning" and nonconformities.
The Southern Pines Town Council voted to continue two zoning items — proposed landscaping and tree protection changes to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and a character‑district map/UDO amendment — to the Feb. 10, 2026 regular meeting at staff’s recommendation.
Planning Director BJ Grieve explained that since the town began implementing Phase 1 of its…
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