Imagine you’re a developer wanting to build a 40-unit apartment building in the Five Points area. You submit your plans. That’s when the choreography begins.
But old-timers are skeptical. "Permits are conversations, not algorithms," one plan reviewer told me. "No bot knows if that shadow will really fall on your neighbor's tomato plant." city of raleigh permits
Here’s an interesting, narrative-style write-up about the City of Raleigh’s permit process—focusing on how a seemingly dry bureaucratic system actually shapes the built environment in fascinating ways. Imagine you’re a developer wanting to build a
The most interesting chapter is being written now. Raleigh is in the middle of a multi-year, multi-million-dollar switch to a new permitting software (Oracle’s AMS, replacing an aging Accela system). The goal: let you upload a site plan, have AI check it against basic zoning rules, and get an instant "likely to pass" score. But old-timers are skeptical