Editorial: Moratorium would divide community

The Fort Collins City Council’s plans for a moratorium on new development will damage private developers more than it will help the city planning process.

City officials proposed the 10-week moratorium in order to make the transition to the new City Plan, which will guide the city’s development for the next 20 years. At press time, the City Council had not yet voted on whether to implement the moratorium. But it has already received preliminary approval.

While we support — enthusiastically — much of what City Plan envisions, i.e., higher densities and mixed-use neighborhoods, the idea of a moratorium to get there…