City Council
Court Upholds Pawn Shop Restrictions
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New pawnshops in Raleigh will be restricted to certain areas after a recent ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals in favor of a city zoning ordinance restricting pawnshop locations.
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New pawnshops in Raleigh will be restricted to certain areas after a recent ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals in favor of a city zoning ordinance restricting pawnshop locations.
Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen, who made the call to cancel the event, said cutting the festival will save the city $150,000 to $180,000 for the year.
Members of the Raleigh City Council approved an additional $15,000 from their contingency fund for the Raleigh City Museum this week. They also voted to go ahead with a new greenway partnership with Wake County along the Neuse River.
The advisory group working to craft a new comprehensive zoning code wants more time to finish their work. The group’s chair this week asked for additional time so the public could digest the document, but the Raleigh City Council denied the request.
From green initiatives to growing development, Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker painted a bright future for Raleigh in his State of the City Address Monday.
S.B. 183 would nullify ordinances in Raleigh and other communities that ban billboards on thoroughfares and local sections of interstate highways. Under the bill, automatic changeable facing signs – billboards with panels or slats that move to allow a new advertisement to display – would be legal on “any interstate or primary highway system route” within the state, even if such structures are already illegal in local jurisdictions.
A new state law says city council members must preside over “quasi-judicial” hearings for site plan approvals. This new law means that constituents cannot make their cases for or against a proposed development to councilors, unless it can classify as “expert testimony.”
The Raleigh City Museum may be able to close a $30,000 budget gap thanks to a $15,000 emergency grant from the city. The grant passed its first hurdle Tuesday in a Raleigh City Council committee, but will still need approval from the full council.
A document outlining the city’s vision for future development will be ready for public comment in April. The council also clarified its “Percent for Art” ordinance to include major streetscape projects.
The days of long road closures down Raleigh’s main drags won’t end anytime soon, but city councilors are talking about how to reduce the impact on residents trying to get around them.