Interesting -- Lakeland also puts in a second moratorium -- yet they recognize that their citizens have no "taste" for apartments.
Does not matter if they are standalone or part of mixed use.
“I believe the citizens have spoken very loudly, especially in the last few weeks,” Cunningham said. “There’s just no taste in Lakeland for apartments right now.”
In other action, the board tabled an amendment for the long-considered Lakeland Commons development but approved a pair of residential projects.
In supporting the moratorium, the mayor echoed concerns that 800-plus multifamily units already approved for Lakeland Commons and The Lake District will strain the city’s infrastructure from sewers, schools and other services.
“It just behooves us at this point to hit the brakes a little bit on multifamily development as a whole,” Cunningham said. “I believe that could be something that could really crush us over time.”
The board agreed with him, voting 4-0 in favor of the moratorium.
The city last instituted an 18-month moratorium on multifamily developments in October 2019, but Cunningham believed some people could interpret that resolution as dealing only with stand-alone multifamily structures. The new prohibition encompasses all multifamily developments including mixed-use projects.
https://dailymemphian.com/section/suburbs/article/17654/lakeland-approves-new-moratorium-on-apartments