<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>City of Durham Communications</b> <<a href="mailto:Communications@durhamnc.gov">Communications@durhamnc.gov</a>><br>Date: Monday, January 29, 2024<br>Subject: [Durham INC] Durham Hosts New Unified Development Ordinance Open Houses<br>To: <br><br><br>





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<span><span style="font-size:50.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#00538e">News Release</span><span style="color:#d3372a"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><span style="color:#d3372a">For Immediate Release: January 29, 2024<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black">Durham Hosts New Unified Development Ordinance Open Houses</span></b></span><span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%"><u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p>
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<span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">UDO Regulates Land Development in Durham<u></u><u></u></span></i></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="color:black">DURHAM, N.C. – If you’re interested in the rules that regulate how land development occurs in Durham, now is the time to give your input on the
 Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) rewrite that’s underway.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="color:black">The Durham City-County Planning Department and its team of consultants, led by Code Studio, are hosting two open houses in February to capture
 input from residents and stakeholders for use in creating a new UDO that will modernize how development takes place.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span><b><span style="color:black">Open Houses<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="color:black">Thursday, February 8 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="color:black">Thursday, February 8 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="color:black">Campus Hill Recreation Center<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="color:black">2000 S. Alston Ave.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="color:black">The UDO re-write comes after the successful adoption of the
</span></span><a href="https://engagedurham.com/27/Comprehensive-Plan" target="_blank"><span>new Comprehensive Plan</span><span></span></a><span><span style="color:black">
 by the Durham City Council and Durham County Board of Commissioners in late 2023. One way to implement the actions in the Comprehensive Plan is the UDO, which is a legally binding set of rules that developers and property owners must follow that regulates
 how physical development of land is allowed in Durham.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="color:black">As this process moves forward over the next year-and-a-half, residents can stay informed by visiting the
</span></span><a href="https://www.engagedurham.com/35/New-UDO" target="_blank"><span>Engage Durham website</span><span></span></a><span><span style="color:black">, subscribing
 to the </span></span><a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/list.aspx?ListID=411" target="_blank"><span>Engage Durham newsletter</span><span></span></a><span><span style="color:black">,
 or by emailing the </span></span><a href="mailto:NewUDO@DurhamNC.gov" target="_blank"><span>UDO project team</span><span></span></a><span><span style="color:black">.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<br><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Liz Conroy, Ed.D.<br>919-564-6179 (C)</div><div><a href="mailto:conroyliz@gmail.com" target="_blank">conroyliz@gmail.com</a><br>2811 Welcome Dr.<br>Durham, NC 27705</div></div><br>