The Charlotte planning staff updated council members at a dinner briefing Monday on the progress of an initiative to rewrite the city’s zoning ordinance and speed up the rezoning process. Alysia Osborne of the city’s planning department said the current ...

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CHARLOTTE – At Monday’s zoning meeting, the Charlotte City Council unanimously approved a rewrite of the municipal zoning ordinance’s 1981 definitions of “nightclub,” “bars,” “restaurants” and “lounges.” The new language, written by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department after two years of ...

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CHARLOTTE – Would a bar by any other name be as noisy or, stay open as late? That is the question for the Charlotte City Council, which on Monday held a public hearing on rewriting the municipal zoning ordinance’s 1981 ...

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DAVIDSON – Democracy is a funny business – both ha-ha and just plain weird. Writ large – as in the federal shutdown – the comedy and tragedy of our system of government fills the cable news network airtime. But on ...

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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 – pending an evaluation of his job performance – perhaps more permanently.

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The Cornelius Planning Board passed – again – on Barnhardt. But they said “yes” to beer. Meanwhile, Cornelius Mayor Lynette Rinker said she has not ruled out seeking a seat in the N.C. General Assembly.

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CHARLOTTE – The city has submitted an amendment to the zoning ordinance that, if approved, would add a definition for the use "exposition center."

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