local government

After 17 Months of Frozen Development, Fairhope's New Growth Rules Face Their Hearings Monday

Nine ordinances rewriting Fairhope's zoning code — a townhouse density cap, the first impervious-surface limits in every neighborhood, tighter apartment and PUD rules, and a bigger allowance for mixed-use downtown — get public hearings July 13, with individual votes set for July 27. They implement the 2024 Comprehensive Plan and are what the city's residential moratorium has been waiting on.