Sentence examples for moratorium on development from inspiring English sources

Mrs. Pitsiokos has promised to advance an environmental agenda that would include a one-year moratorium on development while the town makes plans to control growth.

As soon as the Left took control, the city council declared a moratorium on development and forced developers to negotiate public benefits before they could build.

The court dealt a sharp setback to the property rights movement, ruling 6 to 3 that a moratorium on development, even a lengthy one, does not necessarily amount to a "taking" of private property for which the government must pay compensation.

Anderson said that a moratorium on development would be "suicidal" for Liverpool.

The Huntington town council introduced legislation on Tuesday calling for a moratorium on development on golf courses.

If this is true, then in the past 10 years, despite a four-year moratorium on development, the number has almost trebled.

The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, funded by the Co-operative, claims backing shale gas could mean backing down on legally binding climate change targets and calls for a moratorium on developments.

In Los Angeles for example, there's the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, which seeks a two-year moratorium on developments that require zoning changes, which is headed to L.A. voters on the March 7 ballot.

Measure S calls for, among other changes, a two-year moratorium on developments requiring an amendment to the city's general plan, as well as a permanent ban on such projects on sites smaller than 15 acres.

A proposed ballot measure that would place a two-year moratorium on developments that don't comply with existing planning and zoning rules was endorsed Thursday by former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan.

These approaches are moratoriums on development, tougher environmental restrictions on developable land and impact fees on new housing.