[Durham INC] Applicant-Sponsored Neighborhood Meeting Update

[Mimi Kessler]

 This was a topic of conversation at the last INC meeting. I have copied
the announcement from the Planning Department newsletter.

*Applicant-Sponsored Neighborhood Meeting Update*

We are excited to announce four new changes to the *Neighborhood Meeting
Guidelines*
<https://www.durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/56207/2024-Neighborhood-Meeting-Guidelines->,
*effective for all new applications submitted after July 1, 2024*. These
changes aim to improve community engagement and ensure a more transparent
and effective neighborhood meeting process.

   1. *Initial Meeting Timing:* The initial neighborhood meeting for a
   legislative case must occur within 30 days after the application is
   submitted, instead of before the submittal.
   2. *Second Meeting Requirement:* Legislative cases will now require a
   second neighborhood meeting after staff review of the application is
   complete but before the case is heard by the Planning Commission.
   3. *Signage Requirement:* A sign advertising the neighborhood meeting is
   now required to be posted on the site proposed to be rezoned and/or annexed.
   4. *Scheduling Restrictions:* Neighborhood meetings cannot be held at
   the same time as a regular meeting of a governing body or the Planning
   Commission.

These changes were presented at the *June 5, 2024,* Joint City-County
Planning Commission meeting. For more details, please visit our website
<https://www.durhamnc.gov/3928>. For more information, reach out to Justin
Henderson at Justin.Henderson at DurhamNC.gov <justin.henderson at durhamNC.gov>.

A list of upcoming and past neighborhood meetings can now be found on
the Neighborhood
Meeting <https://www.durhamnc.gov/3928/Neighborhood-Meeting-Information>
information page. The web page displays information on how to find
addresses for notification, what the requirements are for a neighborhood
meeting, and what steps the applicant needs to take to hold a neighborhood
meeting before application submittal. This change has come out of requests
from community members to be able to see past and upcoming meetings all in
one centralized place.

*Please Note:*
The information found under this section of Applicant Sponsored Meetings is
provided only as an additional form of notice and is not a requirement of
the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The Planning Department shares
meeting information provided by applicants as a courtesy only. As such, if
a meeting is not listed on the Neighborhood Meeting information page due to
an oversight on the part of the applicant or the Planning Department, the
meeting can still be held as long as all UDO mailed notice requirements
were met per UDO paragraph 3.2.3, https://durham.municipal.codes/UDO/3.2.3.


-- 
Mimi Kessler
919-599-2892
"Democracy is not a spectator sport" - John Deen
Please vote every chance you get.
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