After three moratoriums totaling 14 months, Princeton next month will begin accepting new plats and permits for residential construction in the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction.

The second extension of the ban enacted Sept. 23, 2024, expires at the end of Nov. 30, 2025, and council adopted an ordinance officially ending it. 

“The moratorium was extended two times, once in January 2025, and another time in June 2025; however, laws enacted during the 89th Texas Legislature’s regular session have prohibited the city from further extending the moratorium,” City Attorney Grant Lowry said at the Monday, Nov. 17, meeting of the Princeton City Council.

At the very end of the meeting, councilmembers emerged from executive session to address a concern brought forward by several residents: notices of past due property tax bills that were apparently misbilled.

Councilmember Cristina Todd introduced a motion to create program in which the city waives any penalties and interest on delinquent ad valorem taxes assessed for the 2022 through 2024 tax years for the properties considered “omitted property.”

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By Bob Wieland | [email protected]