Carthage Water & Sewer Impact Fee Case Impact
This recent NC Supreme Court case establishes that water and sewer authorities may not charge new developments “impact fees” for future infrastructure capacity. To see if the case affects any…
Crisis Maybe Not So Averted on Jordan Lake Rules?
The stakeholder group held its first meeting via conference call on 12-15-16. DEQ staff was cordial, but clearly stated that they have no problem with the rules as written and…
Regional/Rockingham Water & Sewer Authority
– Oak Ridge and Summerfield Town Councils voted to support and explore the possibilities of participating in a regional water authority if Rockingham County participates. Guilford County later proposed that…
ICC Building Code Considering SF Residential Sprinklers Requirement November 2016
We hope to have a report soon on whether ICC decided in November 2016 if fire sprinklers should be required in all new residential construction, including single family homes. None…
TREBIC Now Providing Government Affairs Services to Greensboro Partnership/Chamber of Commerce-
The TREBIC Board is pleased to announce to the membership that we have entered into a contract with Greensboro Partnership/Chamber of Commerce to provide them with government affairs consulting service. …
GSO Quarterly Meeting
The next meeting between TREBIC members and staff will be scheduled for early March. Please let Judy know if you have items for the agenda.
GSO Sign Ordinance Analysis and Amortization
In 2015 the US Supreme Court ruled that signs cannot be regulated based on content (Reed v. Town of Gilbert). Because of this ruling, consultants were retained to review the…
GSO Gate City Blvd Sign Ordinance:
This issue will be reviewed in upcoming Council work sessions pending completion of an analysis of the additional corridor sections and more thorough research into the financial impact of amortization…
GDOT expanding sidewalk exemption for industrial parks to all industrial areas
We are expecting a draft of this ordinance soon. Spring of 2016 GDOT staff called us to propose this expansion of the exemption, and asked us to support it, which…
GSO Area Plans Update
Innovation Village (School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering area) study will begin in February 2017; Plans for the Willow Oaks area are underway and should be in front of Council by…
