Problems persist at the town’s Inspections Department. Despite nagging by the Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties, the response from the Planning and Sustainability Department, which oversees Inspections, has been sluggish. At the Oct. 19 Town Council meeting, Planning and Sustainability director Mary Jane Nirdlinger gave an update on progress in trying […]
All posts for the month October, 2015
Inspecting Inspections
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 26, 2015
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2015/10/26/inspecting-inspections/
Who determines livability?
Elkins Hills homeowners and renters turned out in force last Wednesday to convince council members to grant the protections of a Neighborhood Conservation District from what they see as the too-fast pace of development townwide. But one lone property owner and landlord gave council pause when he asked about how an NCD should be used. […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 19, 2015
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2015/10/19/who-determines-livability/
A not-as-long goodbye
On 60 Minutes last night, President Obama talked about how he felt coming to the end of his legally allotted two terms and whether he wished he could serve a third. He said, as all incumbents do, that he was proud of what he had accomplished so far in office and that there was more […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 12, 2015
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2015/10/12/a-not-as-long-goodbye/
Ask, and get real answers
Someone needs to tell the town’s Planning Department staff that Chapel Hill already has an ordinance that governs bed-and-breakfasts. Oh, wait. Someone already has. Several someones, in fact — the former director of planning, the town attorney and multiple people in the community, including Chapel Hill Watch — going back more than 15 years. And […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 5, 2015
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2015/10/05/what-problem-is-solved/