[Durham INC] The land vultures want to see protest petitions go away

[Ed Harrison]

Under current NC law, no one has any *right* to a rezoning.  There is therefore no such thing as a "routine zoning." 

The column appears in the Greensboro News-Record. One background fact is that the Greensboro zoning jurisdiction gained (or regained) the right to file protest petitions as recently as 2009. This surely accounts for the most pointed opposition to this provision coming from a Greensboro House member, Rep. Pricey Harrison, who was responding to a wide range of constituents. 

Ed H


On Jul 24, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Philip Azar wrote:

> I think he's making one point and drawing way too much from it -- that ownership of 5% of adjoining property having the right to trigger a protest petition (introduced in 2005) is too low a threshold, and that therefore the right to file a protest petition (existing since 1920 or thereabouts) should be eliminated completely.  
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> That, at least, is the way I see it, Philip
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> Note:  Analysis assumes facts depicted in article are accurate.  No independent research has been done.
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> On Jul 24, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Richard Ford <rbford at aim.com> wrote:
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>> I am not familiar with the recent history of protest petition legislation. 
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>> It would be great if someone commenting could respond to Terrell's points.
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>> Dick
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 24, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Pat Carstensen <pats1717 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> From Tom Terrell, who makes his dough fighting your right to control what happens in your back yard, has his say in the Greensboro paper.  Folks are encouraged to comment on it!
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>>> http://www.news-record.com/opinion/columns/article_62c389d2-effe-11e2-aff9-0019bb30f31a.html
>>> 
>>> Conclusion: There is no other circumstance in our local, state or federal systems of citizen-elected government where one unelected person can force a 75 percent majority vote on any decision, whether it relates to taxes, schools, public safety, public health, civil rights, military intervention or court appointments. None. Protest petitions for routine zonings should be no exception.
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