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the Raleigh Historic District Commission (RHDC) will be reviewing and updating its guidelines that govern how home renovations, exterior changes and new commercial buildings are handled in the oldest parts of the city.
Commissioners hear state of the county address and recognize Lindy Brown’s meeting. They approved portable fingerprint scanners and delayed a decision on the Davie Street parking deck.
City councilors are again considering the issue of road races blocking major streets. They also approved a $4.4 million bid to expand a waste water treatment plant, and gave the go-ahead for a fair housing billboard and four annexations.
As of Nov. 2, North Carolina State University’s Jenna Wadsworth is not only a political science student, she’s the youngest elected official currently serving in North Carolina and the youngest female office holder in state history.
A city council committee is mulling over a new set of rules to relax restrictions on food trucks and change the way push carts operate in downtown.
The new Republican majority on the county commission weighs in on education, public transit and balancing the budget.
City councilors put the bakes on new residential annexations at their Tuesday meeting. They also voted down a new set of rules for the 100-year floodplain and approved a solar array for the convention center roof. In one of the odder motions in recent council memory, they also voted 5-3 to follow state contract law.
The four Republican candidates running for the Wake County Commission won Tuesday’s election. Incumbent Republican Tony Gurley will now chair the commission with a solid Republican majority.
Raleigh city planners are moving closer to finding a way to make community gardens legal under city zoning rules.
