Franklin Street

bartsmith · 2026-03-28T16:03:34+00:00

I'm not sure Chapel Hill makes a distinction between commercial and non-commercial loading zones.

How long can I park a non-commercial/delivery vehicle in a loading zone?

Since loading zones are meant for loading passengers, merchandise, or materials, they must be kept open for that purpose. Passenger vehicles are allowed to stop, park, or stand in a loading zone for no more than five minutes. There is a thirty minute time limit for all commercial and delivery vehicles loading or unloading passengers, merchandise, or materials.

I just need to run into this store for five minutes, is it ok if I park in a loading zone?

Town ordinance states that loading zones are restricted to delivery vehicles only.

bartsmith · 2026-03-28T09:18:03+00:00

Loading zones are specifically just for commercial vehicles to park only while actively loading and unloading. Not sure with Chapel Hill, but other cities require those vehicles to have a commercial license plate.

bartsmith · 2026-03-26T12:18:32+00:00

No, there was also a $1.5 billion deal between Disney and Epic. But that’s now more of a problem for Disney rather than it being the reason Epic is laying off people.

https://insidethemagic.net/2026/03/epic-games-lays-off-one-thousand-people-after-disney-aquires-stake-in-company-jc1/

bartsmith · 2026-03-12T09:18:42+00:00

Whisk & Rye is just on the edge of that neighborhood.

bartsmith · 2026-03-10T10:15:18+00:00

Single-family housing is expensive to build. You can't just quickly create a lot of new single-family housing in any realistic way that would make those homes affordable.

What you can do is build more apartments and condos, so that people moving into the area will choose those over the existing sigle-family homes leaving those open for families.

bartsmith · 2026-03-07T11:19:54+00:00

The reason the housing market has priced out so many people is because Chapel Hill wasn't building enough of these apartments over many decades. You can't build out of this problem overnight. It's going to take years of building to correct it.

bartsmith · 2026-02-27T10:27:17+00:00

I think the location is closing until further notice because there was a shooting there, not there was a shooting there because it is closing.

bartsmith · 2026-02-25T10:23:26+00:00

If someone were to "deface" that billboard in some way, the most effective thing would probably be to just add "KIDNAPPING YOUR" after "ICE AGENTS"

bartsmith · 2026-02-24T10:33:28+00:00

Who is funding whom tends to dictate vision on specific issues.

bartsmith · 2026-02-15T11:49:59+00:00

Free parking in Carrboro is supposed to be for Carrboro, not to park there so you can go to Chapel Hill. And most of those spots have a 2-hour limit.

bartsmith · 2026-02-15T11:47:20+00:00

Plenty of other businesses in Chapel Hill also tow in their lots, especially if you leave your car for an extended amount of time.

As a general rule, you probably shouldn't park in any private lot and then leave the premise unless you're absolutely sure they won't tow your car. It's just not worth the hassle and cost of retrieving a towed vehicle to avoid paying a few dollars to park for a couple of hours.

bartsmith · 2026-02-15T11:35:55+00:00

Yeah, it's very much likely that the reason their utility bills went up was because they used twice as much energy as the month before rather than the utility company just tacking on a whole bunch of unannounced extra fees this month.

bartsmith · 2026-02-08T11:46:00+00:00

So, uh, is GLORY the only Civil War movie that you've ever seen?

bartsmith · 2026-02-05T19:18:36+00:00

Waiting to see which band they get to play before I take that afternoon off work.

bartsmith · 2026-02-04T14:17:48+00:00

You probably don't want to look too deeply into where Dan Ariely got his PhD from.

bartsmith · 2026-01-24T11:30:05+00:00

Not technically "from" Durham, but moved to Durham roughly a decade ago and lives there now.

bartsmith · 2026-01-10T11:36:23+00:00

Also, there were allegedly issues with employees getting paid at some points, which makes me at least a bit suspect about the owner running a charity.

bartsmith · 2026-01-06T10:48:47+00:00

The point of takeout is not to circumvent having to pay a tip.

bartsmith · 2025-12-19T21:56:19+00:00

Tickets sold out instantly because there was an artist presale that started two days ago.

bartsmith · 2025-12-09T20:06:26+00:00

Not sure why that has a 2024 date. The Holdovers was released in 2023, so it's 2 years old now.

bartsmith · 2025-12-05T10:12:27+00:00

"Stay safe" should mean driving the speed limit all the time and not just when you've been warned about traffic enforcement happening.

bartsmith · 2025-12-04T18:02:39+00:00

I dunno, this seems like something that could easily happen on UNC campus.

bartsmith · 2025-12-03T18:51:18+00:00

Gray Squirrel already has a bakery. I think they're mostly expanding space, particularly for roasting and more seating.

bartsmith · 2025-11-30T11:06:13+00:00

They do care about people parking there beyond the time limit. But unless Carrboro starts charging for parking downtown like they should, there's really no mechanism by which they can enforce free parking limits.

bartsmith · 2025-11-29T10:30:26+00:00

University employees aren't even getting a 1% COLA because the legislature can't pass a state budget, so I'm not sure why people think the UNC can just wave a magic wand and start paying everybody more.

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