October 21, 2025 City Council Meetings
HIGHLIGHTS
- City will begin focusing more on development along Greenways.
- The Residential Parking Permit program will be expanded.
- The Big Branch Greenway Connector was the focus of public comments, with speakers for and against.
- Noise ordinance passed unanimously.
- Digital billboard text change amendment unanimously voted down.
- Unanimously approved a 12-month resolution establishing eligible annexation boundaries
- Approved all 3 annexations requests and all 5 rezoning requests
- Economic Development and Innovation Committee will meet on 10/28 at 1:30pm to discuss Fayetteville Street Streetscape Plan Updates
- Safe, Vibrant, & Healthy Community Committee will meet on 10/28 at 11:30am to discuss Hours of Operation – Commercial Trash Pickup
- Transportation & Transit Committee will meet in January to discuss street closures
- Councilor Patton will hold a District B Town Hall on 11/6 from 6-8pm at Marsh Creek.
- Councilor Silver will hold a District A meeting on 10/29 at the Ann Gordon Center
- Councilor Jones will hold a District E meeting on 11/12 from 6-8pm at La Cucina Italian Kitchen and a book club meeting on 11/15 from 9:30-11:30am at the Oberlin Regional Library
- Councilor Branch will hold a District C meeting on 10/27 from 6:30-8:30pm at Halifax Community Center
WORK SESSION
- Councilor Lambert-Melton absent and excused
- There will be a public hearing on 11/4 regarding several UDO amendments relating to Greenways, including changes to easements and developer incentives. Staff discussed a push for Greenway-oriented development, including accessory uses along Greenways such as coffee kiosks. Safety updates were also discussed.
- Changes will be implemented to the residential parking permit program to expand use to all properties except for those with more than 12 units and except for schools.
AFTERNOON SESSION
- Public comments focused on the Big Branch Greenway Connectors, pedestrian safety, homelessness, and an African-American Affairs Board. Speakers were limited to one minute each because 33 speakers had signed up, but nine of them were “no shows.”
- The following items are scheduled for public hearings on November 4, 2025, 7pm
- Application for Historic Landmark Designation – State Capitol Holiday Inn – 320 Hillsborough Street**
- Application for Historic Landmark Designation – Morley and Carol Kare House – 2204 Barfield Court**
- Text Change TC-3-25 – Greenway Amendments
- Text Change to Zoning Conditions TCZ-13-25 – 2230, 3219 Poole Road (District C)
- Rezoning Z-17-25 – Louisburg Road (District B)
- Rezoning Z-18-25 – 5209 Kyle Drive (District B)
** Joint Public Hearing with Raleigh Historic Development Commission
- Rezoning Z-9-25: Western Boulevard, northeast of the intersection with Blue Ridge Road (District D) – held until 11/4 to set public hearing at Councilor Harrison’s request to allow time for more discussion with land use attorney
- Rezoning Z-23-25: Gorman Street, at the intersection with Burt Drive (District D) – held until 11/4 to set public hearing at Councilor Harrison’s request to allow time for more discussion with land use attorney
- Rezoning Z-25-25: 101 N. Bloodworth Street, at the northwest corner of the intersection of E. Edenton and N. Bloodworth Streets (District C) – public hearing scheduled for 11/18
- Rezoning Z-11-25: 2230 South New Hope Road, north of the intersection with Rock Quarry Road (District C) – public hearing scheduled for 12/2 per applicant’s request
- Limited License Agreement – Seasonal Pool at Lake Johnson Park – Wolfpack Elite, Inc – unanimously approved nine-year agreement
- Proposed Noise Ordinance Amendments – Commercial Amplified Sound – unanimously approved the noise ordinance with January 1 effective date, and approved, by a 7 to 1 vote with Councilor Silver opposed, a separate contract with a sound engineer to help troubleshoot city-wide during the first year of operation
- Proposed Text Amendment – Unified Development Ordinance -Digital Billboards – unanimously denied, although conversation will continue with billboard companies
- Work Session Follow Up – Growth and Annexation – unanimously approved a 12-month resolution establishing eligible annexation boundaries
- Public Nuisance Abatement – Property Liens – all unanimously approved
- Unfit for Human Habitation 90 Days Repair/Demolish – unanimously approved
- Petition Annexation AX-23-25 – Contiguous Inside ETJ – 7703 Ray Road (District A) – unanimously approved
- Petition Annexation AX-30-25 – Contiguous Inside ETJ – 2101 Jones Franklin Road (District D) – unanimously approved
- Rezoning Z-13-24: 1811 S. New Hope Road, south of the intersection with Maybrook Drive (District C, upon annexation) – unanimously approved
- Rezoning Z-5-25: Rock Quarry Road, west of the I-40 interchange (District C, upon annexation) – unanimously approved
- Rezoning Z-08-25 1011: Cross Link Road, at the southeast corner of Crown Crossing Lane and Cross Link Road (District C) – unanimously approved
- Rezoning Z-16-25: 6100 Creedmoor Road, Northwest Raleigh along Creedmoor Road (District A) – unanimously approved
- Petition Annexation- AX-21-25 – Contiguous Outside ETJ- 3101 Watkins Town Road (District B) – unanimously approved
- Rezoning Z-22-25: 3101 Watkins Town Road; Northeast Raleigh near the intersection of Watkins Town Road and Watkins Road (District B, upon Annexation) – unanimously approved
- REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE
- Will meet 10/28 at 1:30pm to discuss Fayetteville Street Streetscape Plan Updates
- REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE GROWTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
- No meeting scheduled
- REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE SAFE, VIBRANT AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
- Will meet 10/28 at 11:30am to discuss Hours of Operation – Commercial Trash Pickup
- REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT COMMITTEE
- Will not meet in October, November, or December; January meeting will focus on street closures
- REPORT OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
- Councilor Patton will hold a District B Town Hall on 11/6 from 6-8pm at Marsh Creek. She also asked that vendors look into software updates for applying for Boards and Commissions and for reporting missed yard waste pickups for more than one property
- Councilor Silver will hold a District A meeting on 10/29 at the Ann Gordon Center
- Councilor Jones will hold a District E meeting on 11/12 from 6-8pm at La Cucina Italian Kitchen and a book club meeting on 11/15 from 9:30-11:30am at the Oberlin Regional Library
- Councilor Branch will hold a District C meeting on 10/27 from 6:30-8:30pm at Halifax Community Center