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Council signals pause on expanding annexation eligibility while staff completes cost‑of‑growth analysis
Summary
Council directed staff to return a resolution for a 12‑month pause on expanding the area of eligibility for new annexations while the city completes a cost‑of‑growth analysis; members asked that applications already far along be exempted from the pause.
On Sept. 16 the Raleigh City Council agreed in principle to ask staff to prepare a resolution that would temporarily pause expansion of the city’s area of eligibility for annexation for 12 months while a citywide cost‑of‑growth analysis is completed.
The direction followed a work‑session discussion and a series of annexation and zoning requests presented by planning staff. Planning staff told the council the cost‑of‑growth work will take at…
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