The city of Charlotte is hosting “Charlotte MOVES – A Transportation and Planning Workshop” on Tuesday at the Grady Cole Center as part of its effort to update multiple plans to guide Charlotte’s growth and development. The interactive workshop is ...

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As the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department prepares to begin rewriting its zoning ordinance, the Piedmont Public Policy Institute held a forum at UNC Charlotte’s Center City Campus on Wednesday to discuss the pros and cons of form-based zoning codes. “It’s a ...

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CHARLOTTE – Six months later, the word “interim” comes off Shad Spencer’s title. Spencer, 41, and a familiar face to those who have regular dealings with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department, has officially had this convoluted title added to his name: ...

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CHARLOTTE – Monday night’s City Council meeting would probably be more appropriate in a feature called Inaction Items, as this week’s meeting was more notable for the decisions deferred than the decisions made. Still, a couple of rezoning requests were ...

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CHARLOTTE – In the latest round of rezoning petitions submitted to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department, just about the entire menu of living quarters have been proposed. Developers are looking to add apartments, single-family homes, a community for senior citizens and ...

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CHARLOTTE – In the latest round of city rezoning requests, the majority of petitioners aren’t actually asking for a rezoning, just site plan amendments that would allow the developers to change the layout or configuration of land that was previously ...

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CHARLOTTE – City transportation and planning agencies will hold a community workshop concerning the Lynx Blue Line Extension from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Oasis Shriners Center, 604 Doug Mayes Place in the University Area. The Charlotte Area ...

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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department is holding a public meeting Jan. 14 to discuss revisions made to a plan for the Prosperity Hucks area in north Charlotte bounded by Prosperity Church, Hucks, Mallard Creek and Eastfield roads. The hearing will reflect ...

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CHARLOTTE – In a livelier-than-usual City Council zoning meeting Monday night, the council’s meeting chamber was packed to the brim with rezoning opposition, but council members offered curiously little opposition in unanimously approving a rezoning for a 39-acre auto mall ...

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CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department on Jan. 9 is hosting a forum to present recommendations for changes to the Pedestrian Overlay District on Morehead Street and throughout the Dilworth and Midtown communities. The meeting will be held from 5-8 ...

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