City considers ban on multi-family dwellings

Anyone in Auburn planning to build or turn their home into a multi-family unit might have to put those plans on hold for a year and a half.

The Auburn City Council will consider a proposal today that would place an 18-month moratorium on development of multi-family housing. If the resolution passes, the city will stop approving any zone changes, permits or other legislative acts that would authorize such development.

The proposal includes banning the construction or conversion of buildings that will house more than one family, as well as apartments, condominiums, apartment complexes, duplexes, semi-detached homes and conjoined single family homes.