GSO Quarterly Meeting
The next meeting between TREBIC members with staff will be scheduled the last week in February/first week of March—date to be announced. Please let Judy know if you have anything…
NC Protest Petition Repealed
We’ve been working on this one since 2007, but on July 15th the Legislature passed H201 Protest Petition Repeal and the Governor subsequently signed it. The bill takes effect August…
GSO Construction Value Estimates
Because ICC building construction valuation data is higher than local builders are quoting, staff asked for input from TREBIC members on residential construction cost per square foot to get an accurate…
Cheatsheet of 2015 Legislative Changes That Directly Affect You Now
– CBUs exempted from impervious threshold limits until 12-31-17 – Jordan Lake Rules Suspension Extended from August 2016 to 2019 or later! Another 3+-year suspension of the New Development, Existing…
Jordan Lake Rules
You will remember that in the 2013 legislature we got ‘all the Rules that had not already been implemented” suspended for till 2016, and a pilot project was funded to…
GSO Development Services Ombudsman?
As a result of our discussions with newly appointed City Council member Justin Outling at our July TREBIC meeting, staff is working on mid-level “ombudsman” duty assignments, and is considering…
GSO Final Plat Review “Previous Phases Recorded Phases” Requirement
Effective November 2015, final and exempt plats must be submitted through the Electronic Plan Review system. Along with this change is one additional requirement for final plat approval: A copy…
GSO City Council Elections
On July 23, 2015, a federal judge issued an injunction to stop H263, the Greensboro Council redistricting law, from going into effect this election cycle. The judge found that the…
GSO Upfront Annexation Fee Discussions
TREBIC and GSO staff have met and discussed the possibility of a more equitable payment schedule. Current policy requires payment of all fees upon application for annexation resulting in a…
GSO/EPA Unique Brownfield Loans
Revolving Loan Funds are now available through GSO to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. The loans, funded by a grant from the EPA, are designed to strengthen and…
