Charlotte Council votes down PCCO |

Mecklenburg Times staff reports//December 2, 2011//

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The Charlotte City Council has rejected a proposed change to the Post Construction Controls Ordinance that would remove what city staff members says is a duplicative natural area requirement.

The vote was 7-2 against, with Councilmen David Howard and Andy Dulin opposing the measure.

Staff members said the PCCO’s natural area requirement is duplicative of the city’s tree ordinance, but those opposed to the proposal argued that it would reduce the number of trees being saved.

It’s the latest in a series of votes on the proposal. The City Council voted Oct. 10 to approve the change, but Mayor Anthony Foxx vetoed it. The mayor rescinded the veto after council members said they would send the proposed change back to the city’s environmental committee for another vote. The committee voted 3-2 in favor of the change.

Foxx asked city staff members to come back with another proposal that would remove the duplicative language without reducing the number of trees saved.