Southern Pines to look into implementing subscription-based recycling services

Southern Pines to look into implementing subscription-based recycling services

SOUTHERN PINES – The Southern Pines Town Council met Tuesday, August 8, with an agenda full of public hearings and action items.  To begin the meeting, the council first held four public hearings, the first of which was to decide on a new approach for garbage and recycling services.  “This project actually started over a year ago,” said assistant town manager Mike Cameron. “We hired Davenport Lawrence back in January. We’ve done a contract extension to get us through December 31 of 2024 with GFL to continue solid waste and recycling services.”  The council was presented with four options that…
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Southern Pines Council postpones decision on potential S. Bennett St. planned development

Southern Pines Council postpones decision on potential S. Bennett St. planned development

SOUTHERN PINES — The Southern Pines Town Council met Tuesday, July 11, with multiple public hearings on UDO updates, annexations and architectural reviews on the agenda. The council first approved the appointment of Mary Miller to the Appearance Commission on a three-year term and as a representative of the ETJ and approved an amendment to the Yard Sales Ordinance in order to remove misdemeanor arrest as an allowed remedy of a violation of the ordinance and that inspection authority is limited to the portion of a yard sale site that is open to the public for the purposes of the…
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Southern Pines council grants zoning exemption for existing mural

Southern Pines council grants zoning exemption for existing mural

SOUTHERN PINES — The Southern Pines Town Council met Tuesday, November 15, where they granted a zoning exemption for an existing mural and clarified sections of its UDO. The first action that the council took was to approve a zoning exemption for public art at 1012 N. May St. “The mural in tonight’s request is titled ‘Ode to the Pines,’” said Director of the Arts Council of Moore County Chris Dunn. “It depicts two scenes in Southern Pines. One is the downtown train depot, and the other one is a fox hunting scene. It was created by the Pinecrest High…
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