March 2021 | Vol. 31 Iss. 03
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MURRAY ENACTS MIXED-USE MORATORIUM By Shaun Delliskave | s.delliskave@mycityjournals.com
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lipping commercial properties to mixed-use development has come so fast and furious to Murray that the Murray City Council, at their Feb. 2 meeting, placed a temporary six-month moratorium on current and future requests. The need for a moratorium arose from concerns registered by several Murray City department heads, including those from public works, city engineers, police and fire, who all need more time to study mixed-use impacts to their operations. According to Murray City Attorney G.L. Christensen, “I think, in a nutshell, I could probably summarize it this way: when the public works looks at a project and at the general plan, they look to see what infrastructure needs to be added. And, I think what’s been a challenge to them as some of these developments have been.” The moratorium ordinance talks about the city council’s concern over the proliferation of high-density, mixed-use developments and providing essential public services. It also points out that the public works department is currently revising the city’s master transportation plan, which is not yet complete, so they can look at some of these developments to see if they can accommodate them. Consequently, the ordinance was passed on the same day that the owners of The Continued page 5
The Pointe@53rd owners have asked that their property be rezoned as mixed-use, possibly allowing residential development. (Shaun Delliskave/City Journals)
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