City Council

Planning Commission Approves Gibbons Expansion

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Cardinal Gibbons High School could soon be expanded. The Raleigh Planning Commission recently approved the school’s expansion site plan, along with several other rezoning and site plan items during its meeting Tuesday. The decisions will go to the City Council Dec. 6 for final approval.

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Sewer Water Gets Too Close for Comfort

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Don’t dump that turkey grease down the drain this year. Sewage overflow isn’t something we think of as a first-world problem, but in Raleigh it’s a million-gallon reality. In the last two years, Raleigh has had 4.6 million gallons of sewer water overflow into the city because of rainwater, debris and grease.

City Council

Next Steps for the UDO

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In the third installment of our three-part series on the new zoning code, we take a look at what’s coming next for the Unified Development Ordinance. One of the future steps is a map, like the map seen here that accompanied the 2030 Comprehensive Plan.

City Council

Costumed Residents Ask for City Advertising Change

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Frosty the Snowman, a clown and a pilgrim are some of the supporters of a change to the city’s sign ordinance that prohibits the use of signs — or in this case, costumed characters — near public streets. A city committee Tuesday recommended a task force investigate sign ordinance issues that resulted from violations given to businesses using people in costumes for advertising.