East Raleigh

PLANNING COMMISSION’S
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AGENDA
February 2, 2010 – 9:00 A.M.
Room 305 – Municipal Building

The following items will be discussed in the order in which they appear on this agenda, unless otherwise determined by the Chairman.

TC-7-09 Front Yard Parking for Single Family Detached Dwellings. Amends the Zoning Code to regulate the front yard area of single family detached dwellings by further limiting the area which may be devoted to driveways and parking areas, requires the driveway and parking areas to be paved or contain crushed stone with defined borders and requires vegetative screening in certain situations. The proposed regulations will apply to all new driveway and parking areas and may require compliance of existing violations within one year of adoption.
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The East CAC will hold its first meeting of the year on Monday, January 25th at 7PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue. This is a week after our normal meeting date as the third Monday is the Martin Luther King holiday.

On the agenda is a report from our Lions and Lockwood playground redesign committee. We’ll also hear from David Thompson, the city’s Residential Traffic Safety Engineer, about traffic calming measures that neighborhoods can pursue. We’ll vote again on Z-18-09, the Poole Road and Norwood convenience store. We’ll also hear from the Salvation Army on their proposed “Center of Hope” shelter on Capital near Crabtree, SP-71-09.

In addition, Mr. Thompson can address address sidewalk questions during his presentation. Also, Parks staff will discuss upgrades now taking place at nearby Oakwood Park.

Hope to see you January 25th!

Happy new year, Eastsiders!

The East CAC’s Outreach, Planning and Economic Development (OPED) committee will meet Wednesday, January 13th at 6:30 PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.

On the agenda will be Z-16-09, the convenience store property at the corner of Poole Road and Norwood. Also to be discussed are the proposed study areas of New Bern Avenue and Capital Boulevard. These study areas will help guide the development of these two important corridors.

Hope to see you there!

The City of Raleigh Planning Commission’s Committee of the Whole will discuss case Z-18-09 (the convenience store property at Poole Road and Norwood) on Tuesday, December 1st at 9 AM in the City Council chambers. The purpose of this action was to provide the case applicant additional opportunity to confer with interested parties, toward the possibility of crafting new conditions aimed at mitigating concerns expressed at the public hearing and Planning Commission meeting.

See the Committee of the Whole agenda here.

Hello Eastsiders,

The East CAC will meet Monday, November 16th at 7 PM in Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.

This month we’ll hear from David Thompson from the City of Raleigh’s Transportation Services department, who will fill us in on traffic calming measures that neighborhoods might pursue.

We’ll also hear from our OPED committee on revised conditions for Z-18-09, the convenience store property at the corner of Poole Road and Norwood. (The OPED committee will meet at 6:30 PM, before the main meeting).

Last but not least, we’re having our holiday social! We’ll be featuring delicious Buffalo wings from MoJoe’s Burger Joint and pizza from Frank’s Pizza! Come on out, bring a friend, and get to know your East CAC neighbors!

Hope to see you there!

The East CAC will hold its October 2009 meeting at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue, on Monday, October 19th at 7PM. This month’s feature is the “East CAC History Lesson,” where long-time residents will share some of the history of our neighborhood. Please invite your neighbors for this one as you won’t want to miss it!

Also, we’ll hear from Wayne Schindler from the city’s Parks department, who’ll discuss the upcoming renovations to two East CAC playgrounds and how you can get involved. A handful of CAC volunteers will work with the city to help guide these renovations. You could be one of them!

We’ll also hear our usual reports from Raleigh Police and the upcoming Parks events, including an exciting bike event coming to Lions Park. Hope to see you there!

Election Day is Tuesday!

TOMORROW is Election Day! Here in the East CAC we have candidates for mayor and city council on the ballot. Polls open at 6:30 AM and close at 7:30 PM.

Here are the addresses of the East CAC polling places and their links in Google Maps:

Precinct 01-13
St. Matthew AME Church
1629 Bennett St.
http://tr.im/AJYM

Precinct 01-28
Powell Elementary School
1130 Marlborough Rd.
http://tr.im/AJZ7

Precinct 01-19
Poe Elementary School
400 Peyton St.
http://tr.im/AJZv

Precinct 01-40
Worthdale Community Center
1001 Cooper Rd.
http://tr.im/AJZJ
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The East CAC will hold its next meeting on Monday, 21 September at 7 PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.

We will hear from Jay Mercer, Director of the City’s Emergency Management Center, who will talk to us about Emergency Preparedness, both from what the City does to prepare for disasters, etc. to what the citizens should do to prepare themselves. He will also bring along someone to talk about the CERT (Community Emergency Response Training) training that is available to those who may be interested.

We will also hear from our CAC’s OPED committee regarding its recommended action on Z-18-09, the rezoning of the convenience store property at Poole Road at Norwood. East CAC residents will then vote on this rezoning request.

Last but not least my term as East CAC Chair is expiring, so we’ll be taking nominations at this meeting for voting at our October meeting.

We hope to see you there!

Mark Turner
East CAC

THE CITY OF RALEIGH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CHANGE THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RALEIGH

Notice is given that a joint meeting of the Raleigh City Council and Planning Commission is to be held on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber of the Avery Upchurch Municipal Building. Public hearings will be conducted to consider changing the City’s zoning ordinance and map and to amend the City’s Comprehensive Plan.

The City Council may rezone any of the properties described below or any part thereof to any zoning classification, which is more restrictive, including applicable overlay zoning districts. It may also consider and adopt proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and City Code as amended in any manner, following public hearing.
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