Officials in Durham have paused a sweeping rewrite of the city’s zoning rules after property owners threatened legal action, halting a process that would shape how housing and development evolve in one of North Carolina’s fastest-growing cities.
The Durham City Council and Durham County Board of Commissioners canceled a public hearing on the proposed Land Development Code (LDC), stopping the formal adoption process just before it was set to begin.
“The special meeting and public hearing of the Durham Planning Commission… has been canceled,” the city said in a public notice…