The town of Matthews is recruiting people for three vacancies on its Planning Board. Prospective board members will be interviewed and the Board of Commissioners will make the appointments. Members are appointed for two-year terms and are eligible to be ...

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MATTHEWS – You couldn’t drag most teenagers to a suburban town planning board meeting. They’re not exactly concerts by the Black Keys or Bruno Mars. But one young man, Butler High School senior Brian Lee, has actually volunteered to attend ...

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At its Dec. 9 meeting, the Matthews Board of Commissioners will continue to discuss its proposed Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), combining zoning, subdivision, storm water, minimum-housing and flood-prevention regulations into a single comprehensive land development code. Several years ago, the ...

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MATTHEWS – Conservation subdivisions, in one form or another, have been around in some of the municipalities in Mecklenburg and nearby counties, and there are plenty of existing subdivisions and approved-but-waiting developments. But not everywhere, and not always in their ...

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MATTHEWS – The Matthews Planning Board last week nitpicked for nearly two hours at the town’s proposed Unified Development Ordinance before board member Chris Melton made a suggestion. “We could still be here this time tomorrow if we wanted to ...

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