Considerations for Development Applicants: Part I – Best Practices for Interacting with Local Governments in a Virtual World By Aaron Frank and Amy Crout Digital permitting services, virtual neighborhood meetings, live remote inspections, online city council and county commissioner meetings—this is the new reality of the development process […]
Perhaps disappointing to those who enjoy debating architecture, the North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a challenge to a historic district commission’s approval of a house located across the street from the contesting property owner’s home. Cherry v. Wiesner __ N.C. App. __, __ S.E. 2d […]
Filed March 17, 2015, Senate Bill 320 (linked) proposes significant revisions to State laws governing billboards and outdoor advertising. In this post, we review some of the changes that would result from Senate Bill 320 in its current form. Local governments, lessors to billboard companies and billboard companies, alike, […]
We blogged last week here about North Carolina House Bill 150, entitled “An Act to Clarify When a County or Municipality May Enact Zoning Ordinances Related to Design and Aesthetic Controls”. The purpose of the Act is to “clarify” that local governments in North Carolina do not have the […]
This afternoon, the North Carolina General Assembly sent to the “House Floor” a proposed law entitled “An Act to Clarify When a County or Municipality May Enact Zoning Ordinances Related to Design and Aesthetic Controls”. The apparent purpose of the Act, technically called House Bill 150, is to make it […]
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