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ACTION ALERT: Protect Local Control, Street Safety, and Sustainable Growth – Oppose HB 765!

HB765 would severely limit local government’s ability to require sidewalks in new developments (Photo: Sandlot Engineering)

A dangerous bill is moving through the NC General Assembly that would undermine everything our communities have worked so hard to build. House Bill 765 (HB 765) is a sweeping attempt to strip away local control, gut environmental protections, and make our streets less safe — and it’s up to us to stop it.

Mecklenburg County residents deserve the right to plan a better future — one that’s walkable, green, affordable, and community-driven. HB 765 takes that future away.

What’s at stake?
 HB 765 is a direct threat to the livability, sustainability, and safety of Mecklenburg County. It would:

 Strip Local Control

  • Slashes the authority of Charlotte and other municipalities to shape development and land use decisions that reflect community values
  • Renders recently adopted development plans and policies nearly impossible to implement, including the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance, both of which were based on extensive public input
  • Exposes local leaders to personal lawsuits for doing their jobs
  • Silences YOUR voice in how your neighborhood grows

Threaten Street Safety & Walkability

  • Severely limits the ability of local governments to require sidewalks in new developments
  • Undermines our Vision Zero goals to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries
  • Makes it harder to build safe routes to school, parks, jobs, and transit

Encourage Unsustainable Sprawl

  • Dismantles planning tools like Charlotte’s Unified Development Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan
  • Promotes leapfrog development, weakens environmental protections, and fuels sprawl with little to no infrastructure planning
  • Prioritizes unchecked development over clean water, safe streets, and climate resilience

Raises Costs for Taxpayers

  • Forces local governments to fast-track development without needed infrastructure
  • Allows private wastewater systems that shift risk and cost to the public
  • Strips utilities of the ability to prioritize equitable, sustainable investments

The time to act is now!

👉 Call or email your Mecklenburg County legislators and tell them to OPPOSE HB 765.
 Let them know that our communities deserve to decide how we grow.

📬 Below is a table of email addresses for state Senators and Representatives in the Mecklenburg delegation, if you wish to copy their email addresses to send your letter.

Contact information for Mecklenburg delegation:

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