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Troutman board nixes Internet gaming houses
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Published: January 15, 2010
In its first meeting of the new year Thursday night, the Troutman Board of Aldermen voted to ban so-called Internet sweepstakes establishments from the town limits.
Calling the businesses inconsistent with the town's plan, the board voted unanimously to amend its unified development ordinance so that Internet sweepstakes houses would not be permitted to be liscensed in the town.
Troutman's Community Planner Erika Martin said the move was endorsed by the Centralina Council of Governments, which said that because Troutman is uniquely small, Internet sweepstakes businesses would not be a good fit for the town.
The Statesville City Council considered regulating such businesses last year, but reconsidered when it appeared that the restriction the council was considering might be a violation of First Amendment rights.
Troutman Town Manager David Saleeby said the matters in the two municipalities were different in that Troutman was taking a preemptive action.
"We're being proactive," Saleeby said. "We don't have any of these businesses here yet and we don't want them here, so we are thinking ahead."
Also at Thursday's meeting, the board:
+ Honored Troutman's longest serving mayor, Loren Quincy Powell, by naming the Town Hall's board room for him. Powell served two different terms as Troutman mayor, from 1967 to 1982 and from 1988 to 1998, for a total of 25 years as the town's top elected official.
+ Passed a fair housing resolution, which forbids any kind of discriminatory practices from taking place in the town.
+ Tabled a matter regarding a nearly 202-acre residential development project. The board would have voted on a preliminary plan for the Oak Creek subdivision, but the developers of the project asked that the matter be delayed until next month. The board will review the project at its planning retreat at the end of the month.
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