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Raleigh Council Gets its Turn with New Zoning Code
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The City Council will spend Monday afternoons discussing the Unified Development Ordinance.
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Councilors Want Clarity on Building Height Rules
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The Raleigh City Council’s Comprehensive Planning Committee wants to make building height requirements less ambiguous.
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Council Roundup: Push for Four-Year Terms Fizzles
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Without enough public input, City Councilors decided to discard the discussion of extending council terms from two to four years. The council also begins its review of the UDO, approves two loans for downtown Raleigh businesses and puts Red Hat’s name in lights.
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Blame it on the Rain: Changes Coming to Stormwater Regs
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Downtown Raleigh needs a new stormwater system. New water quality regulations could require more management control on existing development, but who is going to pay for it?
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Council Roundup: Councilors Mixed on Term Change
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A council committee will continue to discuss extending councilor terms from two to four years after a scant showing at the public hearing. The council approved filing a lawsuit against the state, the Capital Boulevard Corridor Study and design plans for Mordecai Park. And an 11-year-old girl and councilor’s Google image searches for photos of pygmy goats may lead to a zoning code change.
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Council Roundup: Scaled-Down Public Safety Center Back on the Table
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The City Council Tuesday agreed to move forward with plans for a new safety center, two years after intense debate about plans for a $205 million high-rise safety center downtown. In other business, councilors approved a new position of the Office of Economic Development and discussed how to handle the city’s geese.
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Council Wants Public Input on Term Lengths
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The city council will hold a public hearing in August to get feedback on whether to extend councilor terms from two years to four years.
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Planning Commissioners Don’t Like Proposed Public Hearing Rule
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Under the new zoning code, city councilors will not be compelled to hold public hearings on certain cases, a policy that didn’t sit well with many Planning Commission members this week.
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Council Roundup: North Raleigh Quarry Expansion Approved
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The City Council Tuesday approved a rezoning application that would permit the Martin Marietta quarry to expand. Councilors also showed their opposition to Citizens United, agreed to research changes to the food truck law and said no to a gate on a public street.
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Council to Consider Four-Year Terms
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City council members are discussing whether to extend council terms from two years to four.
