Durham County has made it easier to build dense development. Here are the new rules.
Durham County joined the city this week and adopted zoning reforms that encourage denser infill development and eliminate minimum parking requirements.
The Durham County commissioners’ vote Monday night was split 3-1:
For: Chair Nida Allam, Heidi Carter, Wendy Jacobs
Against: Vice Chair Nimasheena Burns
Absent: Brenda Howerton
The vote came three weeks after the Durham City Council passed the same changes inside the city limits in its own late-night, split vote.
“I think people want small-scale, locally built housing and small-scale commercial development to be viable,” Carter said before casting her vote.