Article: La Plata Likely to Ban New Town Houses, Apartments

The La Plata Town Council likely will approve a moratorium on new town houses and apartments at its next meeting, Mayor William F. Eckman said Friday.

The move comes even though few such dwellings are slated to be built soon in the town of about 6,500 people, Eckman said. It follows widespread criticism of the town's preliminary approval of a 676-unit housing project on La Plata's eastern edge that would rank among the largest subdivisions in the Charles County seat.

Citing tension over the development being planned by her husband, H.A. Turner IV, council member Merle K. Turner has decided not to run for reelection in the May 4 municipal elections. Turner, 50, has served on the Town Council ...

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