By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: December 23,2011
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department has prepared a text amendment in response to a request that the county’s zoning provide more flexibility for short-term care facilities.
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: August 16,2011
To the city of Charlotte, it would be a nightclub. To developer David Ratcliffe, it would be just a community theater that serves alcohol. The difference of opinion is just one example of the ongoing struggle between developers and property owners and the city over what exactly qualifies as a nightclub. A revision to the [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 27,2011
Two Charlotte homeowners were granted a zoning variance Tuesday after they built a wooden fence to help keep trespassers out of their yard. James and Gwendolyn Miller, of 8812 Nations Ford Road, told the Zoning Board of Adjustment Tuesday that they constructed the fence to keep busy pedestrian traffic out of their yard. The fence [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 26,2011
Earlier this month, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department Director Debra Campbell asked the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission to sponsor the filing of an amendment to the city’s height rules for residential districts. It was not an unusual request. Whenever the planning department is ready for amendments to go before the City Council, they are routinely presented to the [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 16,2010
Charlotte’s restaurants have given the city’s zoning officials something to chew on this year. Eateries next to residential areas have been busted for bringing in entertainment, such as disk jockeys, which puts them in violation of their zoning. As a result, the city has had to revisit the ordinance — in particular, whether and how [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 27,2010
Cosmos Cafe in Ballantyne has become the latest restaurant caught in an ambiguous area of the city’s zoning that threatened to shut the business down over concerns about illegal nightclubs. Mecklenburg County code inspectors and officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department conducted a surprise inspection of the cafe at 1 a.m. Aug. 21 and issued [...]
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