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Trustees let staff review plans filed under Village Center moratorium; debate on legal risk
Summary
Trustees approved an amendment to the Village Center moratorium allowing Planning staff to begin reviewing applications submitted during the moratorium — staff may not issue approvals during the moratorium but can provide feedback to applicants — after a lengthy debate about fairness to applicants and potential legal exposure.
The Village of Los Ranchos Board of Trustees voted on Oct. 21 to permit staff to open and review applications that were submitted while a Village Center (VC) moratorium is in effect, with explicit direction that staff should not issue final approvals until the moratorium's substantive rules are resolved.
Planning director Shana Schulz told trustees the proposed change "doesn't substantively change the moratorium. What…
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