News

Residents get crash course in UDO

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Some residents got a sneak peek recently at the city’s planning process during the Hillsborough Community Advisory Committee meeting. Members of the city’s planning department walked residents through a unified development ordinance (UDO) exercise, which had attendees in deep discussion well after 9 p.m.

The new UDO, which has been in development for about a year, will replace all of the existing zoning code by creating a systematic and cohesive code for future growth. The city wishes to implement the project in two steps. Step one will be to adopt the text, with public hearings scheduled for July, and then to apply the zoning districts to the property. The second step is the mapping of the UDO, which could occur six to 18 months after adoption.

County Government

County agrees to greenway funding

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Plans to construct the 28-mile Lower Neuse Greenway Trail will move forward, as long as the county isn’t subject to city park rules—namely, the city’s new ban on smoking in parks. The Raleigh Parks and Rec Department will maintain the greenway extending to the Johnston County line.

City Council

City Museum short $30k

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The Raleigh City Museum is requesting $15,000 from the City Council to supplement its budget for the next fiscal year. The money would go toward filling a $30,000 budget shortfall caused by a faulty air conditioner and a rental vacancy in the museum’s downtown Briggs Building location.

City Council

Transit, housing bonds could be on the ballot this fall

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The Raleigh City Council is mulling over bonds to fund transportation projects and affordable housing. They also approved changes for the Wake Co. parking deck appearance, got a greenway grant and talked about traffic around Crabtree Valley this week.