Durham City Council deadlocked 3-3 on a 235-home conservation subdivision, with opponents citing creek damage and insufficient affordable housing commitments.
City Council deadlocked 3-3 on Carpenter Falls, a 235-home conservation subdivision on Burton Road, with opponents citing creek sedimentation damage and inadequate affordable housing commitments of only three Habitat for Humanity lots.
Council unanimously strengthened sedimentation and erosion control standards, giving the city stronger stop-work authority on large construction sites in areas with problematic clay soils.
Council unanimously recognized Durham's 911 dispatchers as first responders, handling 480,000 to 500,000 calls annually, and will submit the resolution to the state legislature for benefits and status improvements.