To resolve the uncertainty of zoning ordinances—previously protected from challenge by the arcane, equitable defense of laches—the North Carolina General Assembly enacted in 1981 a nine-month statute of limitations. This statute, more appropriately described as a statute of repose, defined the window within which “a cause of action […]
The Board of Directors of the Research Triangle Foundation, which oversees North Carolina’s 7,000-acre Research Triangle Park (“RTP”), has selected New York-based design firm Cooper, Robertson & Partners to handle the process of preparing a new master plan for park development. This marks the first such plan update […]
Late last year, the General Assembly adopted S.L. 2009-421 (S. 44) to create N.C.G.S. §160A-393. Effective January 1, 2010, that section codifies the specific framework guiding judicial appeals of quasi-judicial decision concerning or relating to development regulation ordinances. This was the General Assembly’s third shot at such a […]
After hearing more than three hours of public comment on the controversial 751 South development project Monday night, the Durham County Board of Commissioners put off making a decision until Aug. 9. Read more (Raleigh News & Observer)