Candy, Paul mentioned that Rodger Koopman has heard many
concerns about institution impacts from your CAC. I would start creating a BUZZ
about this issue…City Council, Ken Bowers and Mitch Silver, etc. It would
even be helpful if someone talked to the North Raleigh News.
From: rcac-bounces@eastraleigh.org
[mailto:rcac-bounces@eastraleigh.org] On Behalf Of Candy Fuller
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:15 AM
To: RCAC
Subject: Re: [RCAC] Comp Plan Concerns
Hi Phillip,
I’m sure that Paul Brant has communicated various NECAC concerns to you, but I feel obliged to state that the issue below has become a hot one in my neighborhood lately. I’m really glad you’re going to bring this up. Do you know if the RCAC will be allowed to make a presentation on the issues you will be raising? Would citizen letters of support to City Council be of use? I know that many of the residents in my neighborhood would like to support your request on institutional impacts in a pro-active way.
Candy Fuller
NECAC Zoning Chair
At the last RCAC meeting, it was agreed the RCAC would compile a list of concerns related to the latest draft of the Comp Plan. These concerns will be forwarded to the City Council for consideration as it begins its final review of the Plan. Below is my input for institutional impacts. I consider this a transition issue between uses; however, most of the discussion about transitions has focused on transitions between the Central Business District (CBD) and the adjacent neighborhoods.
INSTITUTIONAL IMPACTS
As Raleigh has grown, churches, schools and civic centers are morphing from relatively low impact neighborhood facilities to relatively high impact destination facilities. As a consequence, the quality of life in neighborhoods is either threatened or eroding as residents experience the adverse effects from more noise, intrusive lighting and additional traffic and parking congestion.
Because most of these institutions were considered neighborhood facilities in the past, they are typically zoned residential. However, the increases in scale and activity make the residential zoning classification obsolete. A change of use or more robust regulations are now needed for these properties to mitigate the adverse impacts on adjacent properties.
Philip W Poe
PWPoe@att.net
919.832.6777 voice
919.522.1078 mobile
919.832.6775 fax
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