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By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

With legal expenses piling up, the Town of Davidson on Tuesday agreed to settle a nearly 2-year-old lawsuit with developers of the Summer’s Walk neighborhood who challenged the town’s right to require developers to pay for the effects of their projects. The deal, approved during a closed session of the Town Board Tuesday night, pays the town only a fraction of the more than $1 million it would have collected under the statute. Read the full story

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

(Updated Friday, July 23, 10:49 a.m.) A Charlotte federal judge has postponed until Nov. 8 the start of a trial in a developer’s lawsuit challenging the Town of Davidson’s development rules. The lawsuit, by the developer of the Summers Walk neighborhood, asks the judge to throw out Davidson’s Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance, or APFO, which requires developers to help pay for the cost of services needed because of growth.

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A federal judge in Charlotte has denied a motion by the Town of Davidson to dismiss a developer’s lawsuit challenging the town’s development rules. The ruling means the lawsuit by FC Summer’s Walk LLC, developer of the 329-home Summer’s Walk neighborhood off N.C. 73 east of town, goes forward. Read the full story

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

A developer’s lawsuit against the Town of Davidson is making its way through federal court, seeking to take away a tool town officials say they need to cope with the costs of growth, but which can add thousands of dollars to the price of a new home.

The suit is the first against the town in more than a decade, Town Manager Leamon Brice said Tuesday. It challenges the constitutionality of Davidson’s Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance, or APFO, which asks developers of new housing to share the costs of additional fire and police protection, public parks or other public services needed because of their projects. Read the full story