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Council schedules March and April public hearings after planning commission reports split recommendations

Raleigh City Council · March 5, 2026
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Summary

City planning staff and the planning commission reported several rezoning and text-change items; council set public hearing dates for March 17 and April 7, and pulled the Avant/Avot Ferry item for separate consideration after a split planning-commission vote on 516 North Blunt Street.

The Raleigh City Council received a report from the Planning and Development Department and the Planning Commission outlining multiple upcoming rezonings and recommended public-hearing dates, and the council voted to set hearings on several items while pulling one case for separate handling.

Bynum Walter, of the Planning and Development Department, reviewed staff recommendations and said the proposals under review are generally consistent with the city’s future land use map and comprehensive plan. He identified a text change…

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