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Charlotte City Council was scheduled to vote on the Unified Development Ordinance, which sets the rules and regulations around zoning and land development. MELISSA MELVIN-RODRIGUEZ mrodriguez@charlotteobserver.com

Charlotte OKs new rulebook to guide development.

By Gordon Rago, The Charlotte Observer

 

Charlotte now has a new rulebook — for land development that is.

With a tight 6-4 vote, the City Council on Monday adopted the nearly 700 page Unified Development Ordinance. Mayor Pro Tem Julie Eiselt and others in support said the document would modernize development regulations in a fast-growing city.

Opponents of the UDO feared unintended consequences such as gentrification and less affordable housing. Most of the public scrutiny has focused on a provision to allow for denser housing to be built in traditionally single-family neighborhoods. That would include duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes in certain areas.

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Solutions Journalism Network launched the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative in 2019, a partnership of six major media companies and other local institutions focusing on issues of major importance to the Charlotte region. The collaborative is supported by $150,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its $300 million commitment to rebuild the future of local journalism, essential to a functioning democracy.

The Charlotte Journalism Collaborative (CJC) is modeled on the Solutions Journalism Network method of investigating and reporting news with a primary focus on solutions to community problems. “At a time when local journalism jobs are disappearing and trust in media has hit an all-time low, the Solutions Journalism Network has taken on the challenge by organizing collaborative journalism reporting projects that promote excellent reporting and civic dialogue. the model has the potential to be part of a new wave of great local reporting, which is vital to building strong communities,” said Karen Rundlet, Knight Foundation director for journalism.

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