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Will Charlotte ban single family residential zoning?
I was listening to NPR’s Marketplace piece probing bans on single family residential zoning in Minneapolis and the entire state of Oregon and a familiar name came up not once,…
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Decision Time?
Jackson County should vote on revisions to its steep slope ordinance next Tuesday. Adoption has been hung up a couple years as changing regimes on the planning board and the…
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What about Old Ironsides?
The town fathers in Sylva have decided not to have a moratorium on metal siding. They would, however, entertain an ordinance banning it. Some fear the metal would detract from…
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Elitist Eyes Are Obsturbed
The Town of Sylva wants to redefine “manufactured home parks” such that they consist of four, not two homes on two acres, not one-half of one. The proposed ordinance would…
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In Case the Wayfinding Signs Peel Again
The mass media believes it odd the City of Asheville, which has done so much to eliminate commercial signage, wants a huge, lighted sign for its Civic Center. The city…
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Expensive Pigeon Holes
The Buncombe County Commissioners for the second time in recent history turned down a request for a change in zoning to accommodate a mobile home. Both requests were purportedly intended…
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Close Enough to Rock Bottom
The Polk County Commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing on proposed changes to their subdivision ordinance. Of course proposed changes address building on steep slopes and other green…
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Appeals Court orders new trial after making new ‘confrontation clause’ ruling
A 1999 Caldwell County murder case has prompted the N.C. Court of Appeals to issue a new ruling that a defendant who is not given the chance to confront witnesses…
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Republicans Campaign in Catholic Church – NOT
If you prefer to have other people read ordinances for you, you might be interested in a Steep Slopes Meeting September 23. D.J. Gerken from the Southern Environmental Law Center…
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N.C. Appeals Court rules against DMV in long-running case linked to stolen motorcycle storage
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed this morning a lower-court ruling against the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles in a dispute over payment linked…
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Taking It Out on the Dog
A Waynesville church wants to make a statement against proposed local legalization of liquor by the drink. Linda Foster, the wife of the church’s former pastor, Johnny, was killed in…
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Mayor Meeker’s new majority suffers defeat
Mayor Meeker and the new “progressive” councilmen-elect suffered their first defeat last night. I don?t think Meeker expected the strong reaction to his technical change in the zoning ordinance. He…