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Prepared By: John Boyette Jr., Senior Public Affairs Specialist
For More Information: Ken Bowers, Director, City Planning, 919-996-2626
Sept. 9, 2015
Raleigh's Unified Development Ordinance Wins Statewide Awards
The City of Raleigh’s Unified
Development Ordinance (UDO) has won two awards from the North Carolina Chapter
of the American Planning Association (APA-NC).
The UDO was selected to receive the
2015 Marvin Collins Planning Award for outstanding planning implementation. Also
capturing a Marvin Collins Planning Award in the special theme
awards/innovation category was a web-based mapping tool developed to provide
information and receive public feedback for the proposed UDO remapping project.
The awards will be presented to the City of Raleigh on Oct. 22 during the North
Carolina Annual Planning Conference at the Raleigh Convention Center.
“A 21st Century City
needs a 21st century development code to ensure that growth meets
the needs of an increasingly diverse population and economy,” City Planning
Director Ken Bowers said. “We are honored that APA-NC has chosen to recognize
Raleigh’s UDO as providing a cutting-edge and user-friendly framework to shape
future development in our community.”
The UDO went into effect in 2013 following adoption by the Raleigh City Council. The ordinance addresses development trends and zoning practices in the
Capital City over the next 30 to 50 years. It implements goals, policies and
actions in Raleigh’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted by the City
Council in 2009.
This not the first time the City of
Raleigh has been honored by APA-NC. The 2030 Comprehensive Plan and the
Hillsborough Street Roundabouts Project-Phase 1 received 2011 Marvin Collins Planning
Awards. The City also won Marvin Collins Planning Awards for planning
initiatives in 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004 and 2008.
Furthermore, the web-based mapping
tool developed for Raleigh’s proposed UDO remapping project has also won awards
from the Public Technology Institute.
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