City Council
Drug contracts worry city councilor
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A Raleigh council member is raising concerns about the city employee drug plan and two related contracts.
Getting to know your UDO
UDO Day 4: Where to learn more about Raleigh’s new zoning code
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A couple resources as we start to dig into the UDO. Also, full text of Chapter 2.
Oak City Portraits
Event Night
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Photographer Karen Tam captured this newer Raleigh view: a peek inside the Raleigh Convention Center during an event.
Getting to know your UDO
UDO Day 3: Low density becomes a little more dense
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Lot sizes will be changing in the new zoning code. The new code has two options for lot sizes, conventional and conservation. The conservation option cuts the old lot sizes nearly in half across the board for residential districts.
Getting to know your UDO
UDO Day 2: Chapter 1 – General Provisions
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The city released its new zoning code for public comment this week. We are reading the new code cover to cover and write about what we find. Today is Day 2, we’re reading through Chapter 1, legal definitions and provisions.
Getting to know your UDO
UDO Review Draft Released
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The city released its review draft of the unified development ordinance aka zoning code Wednesday. Join us as we read through the entire document over the next eight weeks and try to understand what’s in the laws that will govern development in Raleigh for decades.
News
School Board Approves Assistant Principal “Demotion”
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In a move called a “demotion,” the Wake County School Board Tuesday agreed to move assistant principals to 10-month contracts as part of a budget savings plan. In other business, many people spoke during the public comment session on the state’s civil rights investigation.
City Council
New Rules Could Help Community Gardens
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In their meeting Tuesday, city councilors discussed potential new rules that could make it easier for community gardens to set up. Councilors also approved two new historic landmarks and put the CAC boundary changes on the agenda for a public hearing.
County Government
County, school system consolidation could cut costs
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Commissioners approved a resolution Monday to allow county staff to handle new site acquisitions and the legal representation in worker’s compensation claims.
