Governmental Affairs-Current Issues

June 12, 2008 2:00pm
W-S/FC Planning Board will be discussing the following 2 amendments:

UDO-188
UDO 189-June 2008

 
5-5-08 A citizens committee is being formed in Clemmons to help guide development of its comprehensive plan. If you would like to serve on this committee please click here for more information.
 
 

4-21-08
Comments received on the draft Southwest Suburban Area Plan will be discussed at the meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 6:00 pm at the Hope Moravian Church.

 
City of Winston-Salem Legacy Development Guide- the Legacy Development Guide [pdf/925KB], was adopted by Forsyth County and all eight of its municipalities in 2001. To ensure broad public involvement in creating the plan, a 21-member Citizens Steering Committee was created and focus groups were formed to develop a future vision and to look at particular issues. Numerous public meetings and discussions with stakeholder groups and organizations were held throughout the several year planning process.
 
2-15-08
Take Action! Send a letter to the City of Winston-Salem City Council telling them to examine the new proposed stormwater regulations further before they vote on them. These regulations will affect housing affordability in our area. Take Action Now!
 
Stop The NC Home Tax-www.itsabadidea.org
 

Click here for an outline of the major changes UDO 183, if adopted, would make the Planned Residential Development (cluster home) regulations in Forsyth County and Winston-Salem. In addition, click here for the actual proposed ordinance.

We have worked with Planning Staff in refining the initial proposal which was quite complicated and required large amounts of open space in our more urban areas. The current proposal is much simpler, easier to understand and less restrictive than the initial one.

However, if you review the ordinance and see areas you think should be changed, or if you have comments about the ordinance in general, I encourage you to get them to me within the next week or so. There will be a public hearing by the Planning Board at its December 13 th meeting, 2:00 PM, 5 th floor meeting room, Stuart Building.