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		<title>On the Level with Bill Miley of Metrostudy&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2013/05/21/on-the-level-with-bill-miley-of-metrostudy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get this: As a kid, Bill Miley used to play tennis with … but we’ll let him tell you. The Charlotte regional director for the Houston-based Metrostudy housing analytics firm just released his latest quarterly report, and it says that developed lots in the nine-county Charlotte market are … well, it’s complicated; better you should hear it in his words.]]></description>
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		<title>Sign up: Builders may get a break on projects that require zoning board rulings&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2013/05/21/sign-up-builders-may-get-a-break-on-projects-that-require-zoning-board-rulings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Payton Guion, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a local zoning board of adjustment rules in favor of a builder, the zoning battle is not necessarily over. That’s because the deadline for anyone to appeal such a ruling can be a moving target. And if the appeal succeeds, it can kill a project that at one point seemed a sure thing. But House Bill 276, which has passed the North Carolina House and is in the Senate Commerce Committee, would set a much more firm appeal deadline, provided the builder who got the favorable ruling knows the rudiments of making and displaying a sign.]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte City Council OKs incentives in push for affordable housing&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2013/01/23/charlotte-city-council-ok-incentives-for-denser-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2013/01/23/charlotte-city-council-ok-incentives-for-denser-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE &#8212; Developers of single-family subdivisions in the city limits now have incentives to add houses affordable for low-income families to their developments &#8212; creating mixed-income neighborhoods &#8212; and a similar incentive for multifamily development is in the works. At a zoning meeting Tuesday, the Charlotte City Council voted in favor of changing the language [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote deferred on duplex changes&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/10/08/vote-deferred-on-duplex-changes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mecklenburg Times staff reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opponents and supporters of a controversial proposal to allow duplexes to be built in more parts of Charlotte seem destined to remain in suspense for months.]]></description>
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		<title>Double trouble: Nimbys hope to shut the door on city’s duplex proposal&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/07/05/double-trouble-nimbys-hope-to-shut-the-door-on-citys-duplex-proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the proposal, the city would do away with some restrictions on where duplexes are allowed, essentially opening the door for them to pop up in places where they might have previously been banned.]]></description>
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		<title>City zoning faces first update in 20 years&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/06/27/city-zoning-faces-first-update-in-20-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move that one official says will make the city’s zoning ordinance more flexible, a firm is set to be paid nearly $150,000 to give the city feedback on the ordinance.
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		<title>Calculation Complaints&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/06/14/calculation-complaints/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/06/14/calculation-complaints/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rezoning request has opened the door to criticism about the way the city determines density for housing developments]]></description>
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		<title>Legion defends rezoning request with planned development clause&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/01/17/legion-defends-rezoning-request-with-planned-development-clause/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/01/17/legion-defends-rezoning-request-with-planned-development-clause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Legion in Rock Hill is hoping to build a new facility on 19 acres at 502 Heckle Blvd.]]></description>
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		<title>Union County looks at gas stations&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/12/27/union-county-looks-at-gas-stations/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/12/27/union-county-looks-at-gas-stations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mecklenburg Times staff reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Union County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, about proposed changes to the county’s land use ordinance dealing with automobile service and fueling stations.]]></description>
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		<title>Sandstone Group fails to win rezoning&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/12/16/sandstone-group-fails-to-win-rezoning/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/12/16/sandstone-group-fails-to-win-rezoning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mecklenburg Times staff reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlotte-based Sandstone Group has been denied a rezoning request for a multiuse development it had planned for Matthews. Developer Steve Sanders said he was blindsided Monday when the Matthews Board of Commissioners did not OK the request. Sandstone wanted to build multifamily and office buildings on the 20-acre site along Interstate 485 at Idlewild Road. [...]]]></description>
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