2017 Property Tax Revaluation:
At our 11-16-16 meeting, Special Guests Ben Chavis, Guilford County Tax Assessor and Alan Myrick, Assistant Assessor, briefed the group on what to expect from the 2017 Property Tax Revaluation:…
GSO Rezoning Hearing Continuance Policy
As a result of an ill-timed continuance request from a non-professional applicant, City council is now considering whether to write firm policy on how they will handle requests for continuances…
Length of GSO Rezoning Process:
In September, the Membership told us to pursue recovering the week that was added to the process last year to accommodate the now-abandoned Council Committee system. However, we did not…
NCDOT Turnover of Subdivision Roads
NCHBA has organized discussions with NCDOT staff to streamline the subdivision roads turn-over process and add some certainty to their timing and standards. Greg Atkins of DAVENPORT is representing TREBIC…
HP and Greensboro City Council Elections 2017:
Know any business-minded community leaders who might be willing to run for City Council? This year all 18 Greensboro and High Point City Council positions will be up for election,…
GSO Annexation Water and Sewer Acreage Fees Payment Timing—
— Water Resources staff promised to have a response to our task force proposal in November 2016 but did not, so we are following up with them. Our Annexation Fee…
GSO Planning Department CMO report reorganization
Beginning November 2016, the Planning Department now reports to ACM Barbara Harris for administrative issues, but will still report to DCM David Parrish for all our customer service-related issues, so…
Stokesdale LDO Revisions
We have reviewed recently proposed revisions and confirmed that they consist only of process improvements and alignments with recent state statute changes
GSO Downtown(?) Good Repair Ordinance Conversation Resurrected and Morphing Into a City-wide Commercial Maintenance Code
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 not been on…
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…
