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Transportation, Planning and Development Committee: September 5, 2023

  On Tuesday, September 5, the Transportation, Planning & Development Committee met to receive three updates: one from interim CATS CEO Brent Cagle, another from Planning Director Alyson Craig, and […]

Transportation, Planning and Development Committee: August 7, 2023

The Charlotte Transportation, Planning & Development Committee held their latest meeting on Monday, August 8, 2023. Only two items were on the agenda: updates regarding Charlotte Area Transportation System (CATS) and the Unified […]

Transportation, Planning and Development Committee: June 5

The Transportation, Planning, and Development (TP&D) Committee met again on June 5 to receive an update on CATS from interim CEO Brent Cagle and hear more about the duplex/triplex policy […]

Charlotte OKs new rulebook to guide development. Here’s how city council voted. (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. […]

After months of debate, city council voted 6-4 to enact new development rules (WFAE)

The Charlotte City Council on Monday passed the Unified Development Ordinance — a detailed set of development rules to help shape how the city grows over the next two decades. […]

How Charlotte’s new development rules will support sustainable transportation

Welcome back to our blog post series about the UDO, Charlotte’s first and only Unified Development Ordinance that will define our city’s development for the next several decades! If you […]

Key details on the new development rules and how they will impact the environment

Welcome to our series of UDO series! If you’re not familiar with the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), no worries! Earlier we published an introductory post discussing the UDO, the difference between the […]

Will new development guidelines make it easier to travel without a car?

In the absence of a robust plan to manage traffic congestion and support transportation choices, rapidly growing cities are faced with real challenges to ensure safe and time-efficient travel for […]

Will Charlotte’s tree ordinance changes be enough to save our tree canopy?

The City of Charlotte’s Planning Department started hosting stakeholder meetings in March with the goal of updating its Tree Ordinance, and invited Sustain Charlotte to be a part of them. […]

Why we support Charlotte’s new guidelines for development near transit

Sustain Charlotte has been serving on the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Advisory Committee since 2017, providing a voice for smart growth in the Charlotte community, and raising up solutions for […]