South Park neighbors deserve to know what we are being asked to give up before we know exactly what will replace it. Removing the overlay first – without a specific development plan showing our neighbors what will actually be built – asks our community to surrender protections now and evaluate the consequences later.
honor the process, honor the public plan. Protect our publicly identified Historic and Neighborhood Character districts. Stay off of the thin ice of spot zoning.
Hillsborough-Wade CAC Affordable Housing Forum – The Rent is Too Damn High – watch the video
Raleigh’s Comprehensive Plan is designed to handle growth from 450,000 in 2015 to 580,000 by 2030. We may get to a population of 530,000 by 2030. There is no urgent need to upzone properties. We can handle the growth if you encourage development where you planned for it.
Is everyone in South Park aware of what is happening with Z-22-26 and the potential removal of our neighborhood’s existing height restrictions? “The sole purpose of this rezoning request is to remove the subject site from the 28.7-foot height limitation restriction of the South Park NCOD.”
One day, today’s students will tell their children about Shaw University. The story they tell will depend on the decisions we make today. History is watching. And so are the generations yet to come.
What began as concerns over one rezoning proposal has developed into a much larger concern about the transparency and integrity of the process itself. Over the course of this case, neighbors have documented 14 separate issues involving public notice, procedural decisions, access to information, public records delays and communications surrounding the case.
A City We Build Together: How one citizen and one mayor showed what local government is supposed to be.
The rezoning of North Hills was approved by the Council in January. Several provisions of the Midtown Area Plan regarding building heights and transitions were ignored, and applicable sections of the UDO were not followed. The assumption was that site plan review would address these issues. It did not. Those issues will be addressed in the Design Review Commission. Enforcing the appropriate UDO sections will benefit the neighborhood.
A healthy neighborhood is a vital resource. When a community succeeds, it builds a legacy that our elected city council ought to protect. While growth is necessary for Raleigh, it should not come at the expense of any community’s well-being. I look up many site plans and see a concerning focus on short-term profit over livability—no yards, without internal sidewalks, inadequate driveways, insufficient common areas, and a lack of safe pedestrian access to basic amenities. Why are ALL of these things being cut out of communities in exchange for maximizing density profits?