2 October 2006 ... In a special session vote (4-1, Dempsey Wilcox voting no), the Boone Town Council voted to regulate development on steep and very steep slopes (30 percent or greater).
7 August 2006 ... Watauga County became the first county in North Carolina to adopt an ordinance permitting wind turbines for private residential use.
13 June 2006 ... The Boone Town Council passed a new moratorium on certain steep-slope development until the taskforce working on the issue can complete its work and make recommendations regarding ordinances to regulate such building.
16 February 2006 ... The Boone Town Council extended the existing moratorium on multi-family housing complexes of more than 24 units for another three months, while work on a steep-slope development ordinance is being completed. Work is being done on a comprehensive map of hazardous slopes within the town's jurisdiction.
27 June 2005 ... The Boone Town Council unanimously adopted Commercial Development Appearance Standards governing retaining walls, lighting, and other construction elements. The standards will become effective Jan. 1, 2006.
19 May 2005 ... The Boone Town Council appointed 14 persons to a "steep slope development and multi-family housing" study committee, to study problems of building on steep slopes and to recommend action for ordinances to regulate future growth.
22 February 2005 ... By a vote of 3-2 (Honeycutt and Blust voting against), the Watauga County Commission passed a resolution opposing the Bush administration's so-called "Clear Skies" initiative, which would lessen enforcement of out-of-state air pollution currently impacting North Carolina.
17 February 2005 ... By a vote of 3-2 (Wilcox and Eggers voting against), the Boone Town Council passed a 1-year moratorium on multi-unit housing developments of more than 25 units, but the proposed moratorium on steep-slope development died without a second. Instead, the Town Council voted unanimously to study steep-slope development problems and to change the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to correct those problems "within 6 months."
20 January 2005 … Following the completion of a water study which revealed that the town of Boone’s municipal water availability was far lower than previously thought (only 150,000 gals. per day rather than 450,000 gals.), the Boone Town Council adopted a water ordinance that apportions and restricts new tap-ons to residences and businesses within the Town of Boone only. No new developments outside the corporate limits, including those in the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), will be given water.
