Government & Politics  November 29, 2023

Loveland OKs temporary moratoriums on new drilling, metro districts

LOVELAND – With a pair of 7-2 votes, the Loveland City Council on Tuesday imposed temporary moratoriums on new applications for fossil-fuel drilling and on the creation of residential metropolitan taxing districts.

The freeze on new applications for oil and gas extraction within the city limits will extend until June 1 to give city staff time to tighten the city’s regulations to match or exceed those recently passed by Larimer County. Meanwhile, the six-month freeze on new metro districts is designed to give the city time to ensure that developers provide more transparency for homeowners about what they’ll be paying and…

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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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