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April 24, 2014

Building ban eyed in slide hazard areas

EVERETT (AP) — The Snohomish County Council has drafted an emergency, six-month moratorium to ban new housing construction within a half-mile of landslide hazard areas, such as the Oso community hillside that collapsed March 22.

The Daily Herald of Everett reports (http://is.gd/q9twLG ) the proposal would affect coastal bluffs and mountain valleys. The newspaper says an estimated 30,000 people already live in parts of the county with known landslide dangers.


 
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