Oak Ridge Future Land Use Plan Update
Town Council expanded the Commercial district beyond the committee draft, and adopted this final portion of the FLUP in February 2016, thereby completing this FLUP Update. The town will now…
GSO Large Item/Volume Waste from Rental Evictions and turns
GSO staff and Councilwoman Sharon Hightower met with us on 5-20-16 to discuss a solution to this problem. We have the same problem with people dumping bulk trash at our…
Guilford County allowing community gardens and their attendant structures in open space
We have asked to take a look at allowing community gardens in open space, including the attendant structures like water sources and tool sheds. A voicemail from the county said…
NCDEQ Brownfields Agreement Process Shortening in Regulatory Reform?:
A member has a site for which we pursued possible reg reform to truncate the brownfields process. We found that NCDEQ has a pilot project running to address the 12-18 month…
Guilford County Cell Tower Ordinance
Marlene, Tom Terrell and Kathleen Evans have helped the county update its cell tower ordinance for adoption hearings this spring. It passed Planning Board on 9-15-16 and goes to the…
Changes to GSO Rezoning Notification?:
Council, in response to a citizen call for more neighbor notice for rezonings, asked for a review of our process to see if it could be amended. On 3-9-16 at…
Guilford County Fees
County staff is foregoing minor changes to fees in 2016, but wants to conduct a full review of its fee structure in 2016-17. They had been considering an increase in…
Inclusionary Zoning/Affordable Housing Percentage
IZ may be our biggest issue for the foreseeable future, given the looming challenges to delivering affordably priced product: federal dollars are short for traditional programs, our sluggish economy is…
GSO Inspections Improvements Update
We have had good meetings since December 2015 with the city to discuss myriad issues with permitting and inspections. They are responding by: moving forward and have posted a new…
GCO Environmental Health Director Hired
New Environmental Health Manager David Foust is now in place, having risen from the restaurant inspection side of that department. We had a very good introductory meeting with him and…
