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Developers, environmentalists at odds over city proposal

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: July 26,2011

Proposed changes to the city’s post-construction control ordinance are pitting developers against environmentalists. The proposal would eliminate duplicative “tree save” requirements that also appear in the city’s recently approved tree ordinance and change the stormwater-control requirements for redeveloped sites, potentially making it easier for developers to build in urban areas, said Daryl Hammock, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm [...]


Ordinances threaten to crush construction industry, developers say (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: March 8,2011

In Mecklenburg County, developers and builders feel like a row of dominoes is about to come crashing down on them. They say the cumulative effect of new ordinances is going to put a serious hurting on commercial and residential development — and the county’s efforts to rebound from the recession. The new ordinances — most [...]