http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/20/developer-city-reach-compromise-on-garages/ Real Estate, Development, and Construction News in the Charlotte Area Mon, 13 May 2013 18:41:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/20/developer-city-reach-compromise-on-garages/comment-page-1/#comment-5315 Tom Brasse Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:46:02 +0000 http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/20/developer-city-reach-compromise-on-garages/#comment-5315 It is a shame that we have gotten to the point here locally when a few planning staff get to decide what our houses should look like. I sat through the stakeholder group for this very issue, the majority of the room clearly opposed this, but here we are and planning is imposing their will without merit. It is a shame that we have gotten to the point here locally when a few planning staff get to decide what our houses should look like. I sat through the stakeholder group for this very issue, the majority of the room clearly opposed this, but here we are and planning is imposing their will without merit.

]]> http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/20/developer-city-reach-compromise-on-garages/comment-page-1/#comment-5314 Daniel Fisher Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:12:45 +0000 http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/20/developer-city-reach-compromise-on-garages/#comment-5314 Planning, zoning and other government regulation has its legal basis and authority in the protection of the health safety and welfare of the general public. It is difficult to understand how the number of feet a garage is set forward back from the rest of a residential structure fits within this authority. 2011 NC Senate Bill 731 prohibits regulation of building design elements - such as windows and arches. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S731v2.html Planning, zoning and other government regulation has its legal basis and authority in the protection of the health safety and welfare of the general public. It is difficult to understand how the number of feet a garage is set forward back from the rest of a residential structure fits within this authority. 2011 NC Senate Bill 731 prohibits regulation of building design elements – such as windows and arches. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S731v2.html

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