Hard on the heels of the NC Chamber warning legislators it’s scoring them on how they vote on the zoning-policy changes embedded in Senate Bill 205, the N.C. Association of County Commissioners is marshaling its forces against the bill. The association contends that if it’s more housing construction legislators want, SB 205 will prove counterproductive by prodding cities and […]
A major zoning-policy revamp, House Bill 765, has probably reached the end of the road for this session, even if some of its ideas go forward in another bill, its lead sponsor says. Rep. Jeff Zenger’s bill is parked in House Finance, and on Tuesday morning, he told the Trib he doesn’t see it progressing further. However, the […]
A bill that among other things would establish density minimums on residential land throughout the state is once again on the move. House Bill 765 cleared the chamber’s Housing and Development committee on Tuesday, the panel getting a second chance to review it after Speaker Destin Hall changed the bill’s review path. The panel incorporated […]
Lewisville Republican Rep. Jeff Zenger and nearly two dozen of his colleagues want local officials to face civil-court liability, for actual and punitive damages, if they treat land-use permit decisions as political matters. House Bill 765 would give “any person with standing” a green light to go after city council members, county commissioners and even […]
