{"id":14912,"date":"2012-10-17T11:49:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=14912"},"modified":"2012-10-17T11:49:08","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T15:49:08","slug":"council-roundup-new-historic-district-named-angus-barn-annexed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/city-council\/2012\/10\/17\/council-roundup-new-historic-district-named-angus-barn-annexed\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Roundup: New Historic District Named, Angus Barn Annexed"},"content":{"rendered":"

After months of community debate and discussion, the South Person\/South Blount Street historic overlay district finally has a name.<\/p>\n

The Prince Hall Historic District is named for the Prince Hall Temple Building that was constructed in 1907 for black residents. The building still stands at 427 S. Blount St.<\/p>\n

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A map of the Prince Hall Historic District.<\/p><\/div>\n

Other potential names included Stronach’s Alley Historic District and Deluxe Historic District.<\/p>\n

Residents were invited to vote on the name. Prince Hall was chosen with 55 percent of the vote, and councilors voted Tuesday to approve it.<\/p>\n

The overlay district covers about 23 acres in the southern part of Downtown Raleigh between East Davie and East South streets.<\/p>\n

The district wouldn’t prohibit redevelopment or tear-downs, but construction or renovation would require extra approval and design review. New development would have to have the same characteristic of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Neighbors who were in favor of the overlay said it would bring predictable and responsible development to the area.<\/p>\n

Those against it said it would hinder development and the Raleigh Historic Development Commission did not do sufficient community outreach.<\/p>\n

City Councilors approved the district back in April after nearly five months of delays.<\/p>\n

Hotel Planned for Hillsborough Street<\/strong>
\nResidents at an evening public hearing Tuesday showed great support for seven-story hotel on Hillsborough Street near the N.C. State bell tower.<\/p>\n

The university bought the property a few years ago for future investment in the area. N.C. State officials have decided a hotel would be the best use for the property, on which stands the local landmark Sadlack\u2019s Heroes.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Raleigh Public Record.<\/p>

The exterior of Sadlack's Heroes and other businesses across from the N.C. State bell tower.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mack Paul, the attorney representing N.C. State, is requesting a rezoning for the property. He said rezoning is needed to get needed additional height and to allow a hotel. Today, the property is zoned Residential-20 and Neighborhood Business with a Pedestrian Business Overlay.<\/p>\n

The rezoning would drop the Residential requirement and allow for the height needed to accommodate a hotel on the one-acre lot.<\/p>\n

There are also plans to build a two-story parking deck behind the hotel.<\/p>\n

Business owners, property owners and area residents spoke in favor of the rezoning. No one spoke opposition.<\/p>\n

The rezoning will be reviewed by the Planning Commission, which will give its recommendation to the City Council.<\/p>\n

Angus Barn Annexed into Raleigh<\/strong>
\nThe Angus Barn may have always had a Raleigh address, but until this week it was located outside city limits.<\/p>\n

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Photo by: Nathania Johnson<\/p>

The Angus Barn restaurant near Interstate 540.<\/p><\/div>Areas outside the city limits are governed by Wake County. The city continues to annex individual properties or groups of properties, but only on a voluntary petition basis.<\/p>\n

Property owners who petition the city for annexation often want city services such as water, sewer and solid waste collection. Wake County doesn’t provide such services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new historic overlay district near Shaw University finally has a name after Tuesday’s City Council meeting. In other council business, a hotel is planned for the Bell Tower Mart area on Hillsborough Street and the Angus Barn has become part of the City of Raleigh. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24029,"featured_media":8326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15,23],"tags":[1040,1038,541,1039],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24029"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}