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Durham officials warn proposed state land-use bills could upend UDO rewrite and housing plans
Summary
County and delegation members said a proposed state bill that would limit local rezoning and penalize local officials (discussed as House bill 765 and related measures) could create nonconformities in Durham's Unified Development Ordinance and make transit-oriented and affordable housing goals difficult to implement.
Durham County leaders and legislative delegates discussed proposed state legislation that county staff and the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) have been tracking because it could remove elements of local land-use control.
County officials said a package of bills and fix proposals (delegation members referenced what they described as House bill 765 and a Senate measure, SB587, among related drafts) initially moved quickly through the legislature but did not complete crossover.…
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