By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: November 18,2011
The Charlotte City Council is expected to revisit a divisive proposal that would eliminate the natural area from the city’s Post Construction Controls Ordinance during its meeting Nov. 28. The proposal would do away what city staffers say is a requirement duplicative of the city’s tree ordinance. But opponents to the change have argued that [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 18,2011
A controversial proposed change to the city of Charlotte’s Post Construction Controls Ordinance is one step closer to becoming reality. On Monday, the City Council’s Environment Committee voted 3-2 to recommend removing a natural-area requirement from the PCCO, a change that many in the construction industry would like to see but one that environmentalists say [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: June 28,2011
The Charlotte City Council has decided to award $2.5 million, rather than $10 million, to the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, in a blow to the embattled tourism-booster group. The council is expected to vote July 25 on the remainder of the funding. The CRVA was seeking $10 million, but instead council members approved $1.7 million [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: June 7,2011
Drive-thru windows have become a part of the shopping landscape in Charlotte, as they have throughout the rest of the country. A growing population — according to the latest census data, Mecklenburg County has 919,628 residents, up 32.2 percent since 2000 — has made the Queen City even more attractive to fast-food chains and other [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: May 24,2011
The controversial Independence Boulevard area plan passed unanimously during a Charlotte City Council meeting Monday. Among other things, transit has been a source of debate over the plan. The transit plan created by the Metropolitan Transit Commission includes bus rapid transit for the boulevard. But there has been a push for light-rail transit in the area. [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: May 17,2011
Despite support from neighbors for a 20-acre redevelopment plan for Monroe Road between Idlewild and Conference roads, the city’s zoning staff has recommended denial of a rezoning petition for the project. Roy Goode, of Goode Development Corp. and Goode Properties, told the Charlotte City Council during a rezoning hearing Monday that he wants to transform [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: October 26,2010
With government debt and uncertainty about the economy serving as hot-button topics for this year’s local and national elections, the fate of the $203.6 million Charlotte bonds package on the Nov. 2 ballot seems uncertain — at the same time that advocates say it’s crucial for the package to pass. Voters will get to decide [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: October 22,2010
In the next few years, Charlotte’s suburban streets could look different. Blocks could be smaller. Sidewalks could be wider and further away from the road. There could be more trees along the roads. The changes would be included in the city’s subdivision ordinance, part of the Urban Street Design Guidelines developed by the Charlotte Department [...]
Sign up today to receive The Mecklenburg Times’ free E-Alerts and be the first to read breaking news.
Sign up or manage your alert.
