Summerfield Draft Land Development Ordinance Review
Town Council made the finalization of their LDO update a priority for 2016. Now that the town has a new Planner on board (Carrie Spencer, formerly of Jamestown, even more…
High Point and Greensboro Chambers’ 2016 Legislative Agenda Report
“Good for Business: 2016 Legislative Success” – The 2016 North Carolina legislative session was another tremendous session for business and economic development. The Greensboro Partnership and Business High Point want…
Crisis Averted on Jordan Lake Rules – Solar Bee Pilot Project Abruptly Ended
NCDEQ Director announced May 7th that he was ending the Solar Bee pilot project due to lack of substantial improvement in water quality after 2 years. Triangle legislators wanted immediate…
CBUs Now Must be ADA Compliant, per NCDOI?:
This summer NCDOI issued a memo that says that until USPS declares that CBUs (or their service to homes) are ADA compliant, we will have to make them so. It…
Regional/Rockingham Water & Sewer Authority
– Buried in the 2016 state budget is a provision to fund a new water and sewer authority between Rockingham and Guilford County local governments up to $14.6M. It has…
GSO Council Committees Abandoned – Want your Week Back in the Rezoning Process?
You may remember that when the City Council began its new committee system in September 2015, a week was added to our rezoning schedule in order to accommodate their committee…
GSO Annexation Payment Timing
Staff’s solution for delaying payment is a proposal that water and sewer acreage fees be paid for the first 10 acres of a development upon application for annexation (the point…
ICC Building Code Changes Residential Sprinklers Required?
In November ICC Voting Representatives will decide if fire sprinklers should be required in all new residential construction, including single family homes. Here is a list of Voting Representatives in…
GSO Downtown(?) Good Repair Ordinance Conversation Resurrected and Morphing Into a City-wide Commercial Maintenance Code
It’s back! In mid-December 2015 GSO Council’s Infrastructure Committee revived the on-again/off-again discussion of strengthening the Downtown Good Repair Ordinance, and applying it to more/all areas of the city. It’s…
