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A site plan for a subdivision has been submitted to City Planning entitled Bivins St Subdivision . The parcel in question is the rear part of the “Flower Shop” parcel currently fronting on Chapel Hill Rd. Some refer to this area as the Bamboo Forest. The development proposes building 10 single family homes, with an access road from Bivins St. This is the mostly wooded area behind James St. For questions or comments, contact tlnadurham@gmail.com Site Plan Cover Site Plan #1 Site Plan #2 Site Plan #3

This is the next step in a debate over billboards in the city and county of Durham. Fairway Outdoor Advertising, a Georgia-based billboard company that owns 44 of the 92 billboards in Durham, has filed to have the city and county consider a formal application for a change in zoning law to allow them to upgrade their signs to metal and digital. Previously, the Joint City-County Planning Committee voted not to change the law. After the Planning Commission, both the City Council and County Board will consider the changes. A copy of the requested law change is here: http://media.mgnetwork.com/ ncn/pdf/100304_development_ ordinance_amendment.pdf Opponents of change have a web site. http:// supportdurhambillboardban.com/ TLNA Board has voted to join other neighborhoods who oppose any change in the law. You can read our statement here: A Resolution from Tuscaloosa-Lakewood Neighborhood Association regarding a proposal by Fairway Outdoor Magic, LLC . to allow new billboards --