On February 21, 2017, after study and public hearing, the Raleigh City Council voted to increase development permitting fees in the City of Raleigh. The current fee schedule is viewable here. However, after Tuesday’s vote by the Raleigh City Council, those fees will change in the near future. […]
Planning for the Future Planning is words on a page and lines on a map. It is not reality, but a projection of the future. And the future is uncertain – just ask those who predict when the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. A North Carolina Water […]
Impact fees are defined, generally, as a charge on new development to pay for the construction or expansion of off-site capital improvements that are necessitated by and/or benefit the new development. Impact fees have been a hot topic in North Carolina, which is perfectly logical in a growing […]
Adequate public facility ordinances (APFOs) tie local government development approvals to the availability of essential public facilities. In other words, development is not permitted at a particular site unless and until a defined level of public services is available or somehow, in some way, provided for — schools, […]
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