By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: August 12,2011
It could get cheaper to redevelop sites in Charlotte. Under current rules, redevelopment means coughing up whatever it costs — and it can be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, some say — to install devices that control where stormwater goes after a project, like a new shopping center, is complete. Developers and some [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: August 12,2011
Another proposed change to the city’s post-construction controls ordinance is ruffling the feathers of environmentalists. City officials are considering removing from the ordinance the city’s tree-save rules, which require higher tree protections for low-density development and lower protections for higher-density projects. The proposal comes less than a year after the adoption of the city’s tree [...]
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