Development moratorium

The Wall Street Journal writes about a Southern boomtown, Lake Wylie, South Carolina, which recently issued a 16-month moratorium on new development. Is that legal? Seems like this is in line with the 2002 Supreme Court decision about the moratoria used by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.

How rapidly is development happening?

It isn’t clear whether a moratorium will have the intended effect. There are more than 3,000 homes and apartments approved for Lake Wylie that are in various stages of construction.

And the water/sewer bills are reportedly skyrocketing as they struggle to accommodate the rapid increase in demand.

Presumably the WSJ thinks this case is a harbinger of things to come. But which parts?