Raleigh rezoning proposal would allow denser development on hundreds of properties
THAT TO YOU RIGHT HERE IN THE
LIVE CENTER. BACK TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT, MARK, THANK YOU.
IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR, THE
RALEIGH CITY COUNCIL WILL HEAR
ABOUT THE FUTURE GROWTH ALONG
THE CITY'S FIRST BUS RAPID
TRANSIT LINE.
>> THIS NEW BERN AVENUE ROUTE
WILL BRING FASTER BUS SERVICE
BETWEEN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH AND
NEW HOPE ROAD. THE BUSES WILL
RUN EVERY 10 MINUTES DURING THE
PEAK COMMUTE. THE RAPID TRANSIT
LINE IS EXPECTED TO CUT TRAVEL
TIMES INTO DOWNTOWN BY 10 TO
20 MINUTES ROUND TRIP WRAL'S
MATT TALHELM IS LIVE TONIGHT.
THE CITY IS TRYING TO REZONE.
>> NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN. RIGHT MASK.
>> YEAH, DENVER, THE CITY ONCE
DENSER DEVELOPMENT ALONG THAT
BRT LINE THAT WAY MORE PEOPLE
LIVE AND WORK WITHIN WALKING
DISTANCE SO THEY CAN USE THE
BUS TO GET AROUND TO THE CITY
COUNCIL APPROVES THAT REZONING.
IT WOULD CHANGE WHAT PEOPLE CAN
BUILD ON HUNDREDS OF PROPERTIES
IN EAST RALEIGH.
>> THE PITCHED ROOF TOPS OF
NEW CONSTRUCTION TOWNHOMES
TOWER OVER THEIR NEIGHBORS.
JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE
OCTAVIA RAINY GREW UP IN
COLLEGE PARK. YOU SHOULD TAKE.
DOWNTOWN AND BRING IT TO NEW
BERN AVENUE. SHE'S JOINING
MATTHEW BROWN FROM THE OAKWOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD IN A FIGHT TO STOP
THE CITY'S DEEP OR TRANSIT
OVERLY DISTRICT REZONING OF
NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG NEW BERN
AVENUE THAT WILL RAISE THEIR
TAXES VALUES.
>> EVEN MORE THAN THEY'VE
ALREADY BEEN RAISED. AND THAT
WILL PUSH OUT HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE. THEY WORRY THOSE
PROPERTIES WILL BECOME MORE
VALUABLE TO DEVELOPERS,
INCLUDING IN HISTORICALLY BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY DON'T KNOW
THE HISTORY.
>> THEY'LL ALL THE CHAIN.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT CHANGE JUST
CHALLENGING. BUT IT SHOULD NOT
BE A DETRIMENT. THE REZONING
WOULD ALLOW DENSER DEVELOPMENT
WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE
CITY'S FIRST BUS RAPID TRANSIT
LINE. THE NEW BERN AVENUE BRT
WILL HAVE 10. IT STOPS BETWEEN
DOWNTOWN AND NEW HOPE ROAD THAT
HE O D OUTLINED HERE WOULD
COVER 744 PROPERTIES ALONG THAT
ROUTE AND ACROSS FROM SAINT
AUGUSTIN'S UNIVERSITY ON MOST
OF THOSE PROPERTIES, THE
REZONING WOULD RAISE THE
MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF NEW BUILDINGS
FROM 3 TO 5 STORIES. DEVELOPERS
COULD BUILD EVEN TALLER IF THEY
INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT
CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY.
>> FOR THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT
MARKET TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
INVENTORY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WITHOUT SUBSIDY FROM THE CITY.
WE WANT TO SEE THIS TAKE PLACE,
BUT WE WANT TO SEE IF THEY CAN
THEN DO BURNSIDE IS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT WAKE
UP WAKE COUNTY. HE SUPPORTS
THE ZONING CHANGE AS A WAY TO
ADD HOUSING AND CREATE JOBS IN
A PART OF THE CITY THAT HASN'T
SEEN AS MUCH INVESTMENT WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN SHOP
LIVE PLAY WITHIN THE AREAS.
THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY
HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE
AMENITIES, EVERYONE TO EVERYONE
ELSE DOES AT A LEVEL IN WHICH
THEY CAN AFFORD.
>> NOW TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING
STARTS IN LESS THAN AN HOUR
AT 7 O'CLOCK HERE INSIDE THE
RALEIGH MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN
FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL ABOUT
3 DOZEN PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS REZONING
3 DOZEN ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK
AGAINST. IT'S A VERY DIVIDED
RIGHT THERE. CITY COUNCIL COULD
MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT ON THAT