Government & Politics  November 27, 2023

Loveland to mull moratoriums on metro districts, oil and gas drilling

LOVELAND – The Loveland City Council on Tuesday will consider motions that would enact a six-month moratorium on creation of residential metropolitan tax districts as well as a temporary moratorium on oil and gas drilling within the city.

Both moves could have impacts on the plans of McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc., developer of the Centerra projects on the city’s eastern edge.

A metro district is a type of special district similar to a school, fire or water district. Developers establish them to finance the infrastructure – such as roads, water and sewers – necessary to support a new subdivision by collecting…

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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