The owners of the 138 acres that were voluntary annexed into Woodfin last week said they currently have no plans to develop the property, in part due to the economy. But should fortunes change and the property be developed in the near or even not-so-near future, will it interfere with the current morotorium the Woodfin Water District has in place?
The water district put the morotorium in effect in 2008 to control the amount of new customers accepted into the system. Conservation was cited as a concern as was the district's ability to adequately serve a growing community. The morotorium has not been strictly adhered to as several developers (one proposal is for two properties, the other a multi-family housing community) have been granted tenative approval for water service in the vicinity of the newly annexed area in the recent months.
The two new members on the board as well as holdover Keith Snyder may well decide in the future that the morotorium has outlived its usefulness, making the whole notion a largely moot point anyway. But if the board maintains a hard line on new development, it may pose an interesting discussion somewhere down the road.
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