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Summerfield considers text amendment, mayor says by CHRIS BURRITT SUMMERFIELD – Summerfield Mayor Tim Sessoms said town staff and the Planning Board will start exploring a text amendment that addresses landowner David Couch’s concerns about development rules. “Mr. Couch said there are many things in our UDO (unified development ordinance) that create problems for developers,” Sessoms said in an interview earlier this week.
“We are asking our staff and Planning Board to begin looking into what we would put forward as a text amendment,” the mayor said. “It would give consideration to not only Mr. Couch but also the needs of the citizens of Summerfield.”
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Twice since 2022, the Town Council has voted down Couch’s text amendment applications that would create a new zoning district to accommodate higher-density housing,
including apartments. The Town’s UDO requires a 1-year waiting period to resubmit a substantially similar request. Earlier this year, instead of waiting for a year to submit a new text amendment request, Couch sought the support of state Senate President Pro Tem Phil (R-District 26) to de-annex his Summerfield property. At Berger’s urging, the two sides met to try to resolve their differences, but talks stalled after an initial meeting in March and a subsequent exchange of letters, according to Sessoms. Couch has offered no comments on the issue when contacted by the Northwest Observer over the last few months. Uncertainty over de-annexation legislation lingers as the General Assembly’s session extends past the summer. Berger is “hopeful to conclude the bulk of our legislative work by the end of September,” Lauren Horsch, a spokeswoman for Berger, said in an email earlier this week. Horsch said she had no update on possible Summerfield de-annexation legislation as lawmakers work on the state budget and a bill that would expand gambling in North Carolina.
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