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127-room hotel proposed for Dilworth
DILWORTH – Catellus Group, a locally based developer, has filed a rezoning petition with the city of Charlotte to bring a 127-room hotel to this neighborhood right outside of Uptown. […]
Shad Spencer: A big fish in a big pond
The Sept. 11 decision came without warning and in the middle of the week: Longtime Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Manager Katrina Young would no longer be in charge of enforcing the city’s zoning ordinance, effective immediately. Into the breach came Shad Spencer, a longtime city-county planning coordinator, after Planning Director Debra Campbell announced he would replace Young temporarily, and[...]
Top zoning enforcer reassigned; interim replacement named
City-County Planning Manager Katrina J. Young – a familiar name, face and voice on the phone to many builders, developers and land-use agents – was transferred this week from her top zoning administration position.
City needs rezoning for planned light rail Park-and-Ride station
With the ground already broken and funding approved for the 9.3-mile, $1.16 billion Lynx Blue Line Extension, the wheels are in motion for the light rail trains to go as far north as UNCC by 2017. But that’s only if the city doesn’t get in its own way in the process. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department on July 22 filed a petition, asking to change the zoning on more than 11 acres in [...]
On the Level: Bridget Dixon is drafting zoning policy for Charlotte beer-makers
It was 10:30 a.m. in a cubicle on the eighth floor of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center. So there was no beer. About 50 people work in the Charlotte planning department, but we specifically wanted to talk to the beer-lady: Bridget Dixon. We wanted to know why she worked for the department from 2003 to 2006, left, and then came back. And we wanted to talk about beer. Good beer.
Duplex vote postponed to next year
Charlotte’s City Council won’t vote before the end of this year on a contentious plan that would allow more duplexes in the city, a city planning coordinator said.
Unregulated rentals OK while rules written
Apartment owners who are renting out individual bedrooms can continue to do so while the city mulls creating regulations for such properties, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department official said.
The sky’s not the limit
Developer Roy Goode wants to put up an apartment building in Midtown, and he is convinced it must be taller than 40 feet to be profitable. But Kent Main, planning coordinator with the Planning Department, said a taller building won’t be possible under the city’s plan of turning the area into a pedestrian paradise.
Charlotte planners look at zoning change
The zoning world in Charlotte may be transforming into one with more uniform design.
Planning department sponsored by Walt Disney
If you frequent the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department, you probably have noticed a neon sign in a conference room just off the lobby of the Eighth Floor offices. But do you know the history of the Innovation Station?
Char-Meck committee postpones vote on area plan
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission’s planning committee postponed a vote last week on the Midtown, Morehead and Cherry Area Plan. The committee made the decision Tuesday to allow planning staff members […]
Proposal would allow languishing Charlotte sites to generate income
Charlotte Knights General Manager Dan Rajkowski has homerun-sized plans for an empty, underutilized piece of property in uptown. The Knights lease a lot on South Mint Street from Mecklenburg County. […]
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