Greenville City Council declined to adopt a six-month development moratorium Monday and instead voted to work on changes to its laws governing development within the city.
The proposed moratorium, which drew condemnation from developers when council first discussed it in March, failed a 4-3 vote Monday night. Instead, council charged city staff with creating text amendments to the land management ordinance amendments that will address design and dimension standards as well as project and buffering requirements, according to an emailed statement from city government spokesperson Beth Brotherton.
The amendments apply to non-residential and multi-family buildings that are adjacent to residential homes, and they will be intended to provide more of a buffer for residential neighborhoods while the city more permanently rewrites its rules for land use.