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After a lawsuit as well as a judge’s ruling deeming the City of Wilmington’s short-term rental restrictions ‘void and unenforceable,’ city staff worked to revise the wording in the regulations in an proactive effort to better align with state requirements.

Todd Vasos, a Wilmington native and Hoggard High School alumnus, told The Wall Street Journal the economy is creating more of the chain’s core customers: the type of person who “uses the last bit of ketchup at the table the night prior,” then picks one up on the way home from work. Research from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and other growing evidence suggests full-service grocery stores shy away from opening near Dollar Generals and similar establishments. In the past, s...

Listen to the story here. Wilmington planning staff is reworking open space requirements for new developments after officials passed on an initial proposal; they questioned how the new regulations would work, and what counts as green space. The Wilmington Planning Commission voted last evening to continue the discussion on modifications to two zoning districts: multifamily and residential subdivisions.  For multifamily, there’s a proposed decrease in the percentage of open space. Candy Corte...

A proposed ordinance to allow for backyard chickens in residential areas of unincorporated Lee County including Lehigh Acres, failed to pass county muster, meaning there will be no backyard chickens allowed in Lehigh in the new year — or at least for now. The Lee County Board of County Commissioners rejected the measure 3-2. County Chairman Kevin Ruane and Commissioners Cecil Pendergrass and Ray Sandelli voted against directing the LDC Amendment on backyard chickens to a public hearing, rever...

The disputed “Tract 3” in the Lakeview Estate development proposal: Palm Coast government opposes development there, saying it would block existing residents’ view of the fairway. The developer of Lakeview Estates disagreed. But in the end, the development proposal the city approved excludes development on that particular tract. The drone view was shown during Tuesday evening’s hearing. (© FlaglerLive) It took a massacre of motions–four died before a fifth brought one back from the g...

The City of Wilmington expected its new short-term rental policies would need tweaking as they took effect, but pending litigation has caused staff to expedite some changes. (Port City Daily/Michael Praats) WILMINGTON – The City of Wilmington Planning Commission will eye revisions to its short-term rental policies Wednesday to bring some regulations in line with state statutes. One of the most significant proposed changes is switching out the term “registration” for “permit” in the or...

David Chapels Pastor Joseph C. Parker Jr. (Photo by John Anderson) David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church was born, phoenixlike, out of the darkness of Austins racial history. The congregation originated in 1924, when members of a community then south of Austin, concerned about boys playing marbles on Sundays, established a church in a former blacksmith shop. Theyve moved two times since: once in 1926 to the corner of 14th and Chestnut streets in East Austin, and again, as the...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Taylor County Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 5:00 pm, or as soon thereafter as possible, at the Taylor County Administrative Complex located at 201 East Green Street, Perry, Florida 32347 to consider a petition for a variance to the Land Development Code set back requirements filed by Scott and Sandra McCann. Description of Variance Request: A petition to allow an existing structure to remain 12.5 feet from the rear propert...

Gittens updates Community Council Gwynetta Gittens School Board member Gwyn Gittens has provided the Lehigh Community Council with an update on growth in the East Zone, pandemic or not. The District 5 board member spoke about current student enrollment numbers, and the need for more schools and teachers here in the zone that includes Lehigh Acres. “We started in August to bring back students face to face, with masks. At the end of the first nine weeks we had 10,000 students. Recently our nu...

Bailey Loosemore and Hayes Gardner, Louisville Courier Journal Published 6:29 pm UTC Dec. 14, 2020 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Racial disparities that have plagued Black residents for generations wont be solved with one quick fix. But there are a wealth of potential solutions that elected officials, industry leaders and even individuals can consider when it comes to chipping away at gaps in health, housing, education, criminal justice and employment. Below are more than 50  solutions, pulled from var...