Every so often, someone finds a loophole in the zoning ordinance, exploits it, ruins neighborhoods, and then shames City Council into closing it using yet another zoning patch. This process is not unique to our city. The “Vancouver Special” was a 1980s abuse of accessory unit regulation,...
full-price malls to “power center” strip malls filled with off-price discounters, redesigned the site for what was at the time the world’s largest power center. Instead of shops surrounded by parking and roads, the new layout required roads and parking in front of shops....
These days there are Hindu temples all over the world including far off places like Sydney, Australia. With the rise in popularity ofmediation) andyoga) it is no surprise that people everywhere are becoming interested in Vedic spiritual practices. ...
(Sent to Raleigh City Council) I urge you to support Z-92-22, the New Bern Avenue TOD overlay mapping. As a student at Enloe High School in 1996 (photograph at right), I gained some unpopularity for suggesting that students ought not to complain about parking and press for a costly par...