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Committee recommends 90‑day extension of moratoria on group‑home and gas‑station permits while UDC is finished
Summary
The Community and Economic Development Committee recommended that Troy City Council extend moratoria by 90 days on new applications for community‑oriented residential social service facilities and on zoning permits for automobile fuel and service stations while the city finalizes a new Unified Development Code (UDC). Developer representatives said the extension would stall a near‑complete gas‑station project.
The Community and Economic Development Committee on April 13 recommended that Troy City Council extend two moratoria—one covering new community‑oriented residential social service facilities and a separate moratorium on accepting new zoning applications and issuing zoning permits for automobile fuel dispensing and service stations—by 90 days, to preserve the status quo while the city finalizes a new Unified Development Code.
Chair Lynn Snead introduced the item and said staff recommended the temporary extension because the UDC and related zoning updates are under legal review and must be threaded through planning commission and council processes. City staff told the committee the proposed extension would run through Aug. 28 unless the UDC becomes effective earlier, in which case the moratoria would expire when the new code takes effect.
Rebecca Simpson, an attorney…
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