ML Council: six more months of moratorium

By CARA LORELLO

Staff Reporter

Medical Lake's City Council passed an ordinance to extend its land use application moratorium for six more months on Oct. 16 following a public hearing on the issue.

The moratorium currently prevents the city from accepting any new applications for long or short plats, rezones, subdivisions, lot line adjustments and binding site plans to properties within the city limits.

Last April, the council enacted the measure to allow staff time to come up with new strategies to resolve the city's long- and short-term water viability, where a recent study by city engineers...