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Next Thursday, February 8, Durham’s joint city-county planning department will host two open houses to receive feedback from residents that will help guide the upcoming rewrite of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).
Folks in Durham who slogged through the discussion last year about SCAD (Simplified Codes for Affordable Development) are all-too-familiar with the term UDO, which is the city’s set of rules that regulate development in Durham.
SCAD was a main plot point in last year’s city council election. Council member Nate Baker, who served on the city’s planning commission before being elected to city council, was an outspoken opponent of SCAD but often acknowledged that the current UDO was insufficient for managing Durham’s growth.
The city council and board of county commissioners eventually passed a stripped down version of SCAD towards the end of last year with the understanding that the planning department would be revising the entire UDO during its upcoming rewrite process. The planning department estimates this will take over a year to complete.
The first open house will take place at the Durham County Administration Building II, in Room 466, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The second is hosted at the Campus Hill Recreation Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Folks can stay up-to-date on the process through the Engage Durham website.
—Justin
Durham
Durham Public Schools educators, staff, and their supporters rallied for more pay and more transparency from the district’s administration during protests on Wednesday. The district’s school board held a meeting Friday to discuss classified workers’ salaries.
After a controversy-filled two years in an iconic Geer Street space, Pioneers Durham is closing its marketplace and cafe at the end of the month.
Wake
Raleigh mayoral candidate Janet Cowell says she has raised more than $177,000 in the first 10 days of her candidacy. Read our recent interview with Cowell.
Orange
Carrboro’s Town Council adopted resolutions to change some of the town’s street names.
North Carolina
Former NC Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr, representing several Democrats and unaffiliated voters, filed a lawsuit in NC Superior Court that claims that state legislative and congressional districts drawn last year violate voters’ rights.
Today’s weather
Sunny with a high of 63 degrees.
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