Title
Compact Residential Development Text Amendment
Action
Action:
Render a decision on Petition 2024-067 to amend the Unified Development Ordinance.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Alyson Craig, Planning, Design and Development
Dave Pettine, Planning, Design and Development
Explanation
§ The public hearing on this amendment to the UDO was held on June 17, 2024.
§ The purpose of the amendment is to add a new Compact Residential Development option to the Neighborhood 1 Zoning Districts.
§ The Compact Residential Development option will allow smaller lot sizes and setbacks while requiring more usable common open space.
§ The amendment also limits triplexes to no more than 25% of lots in developments over two acres in the N-1A and N-1B Zoning Districts, except when developed under the Voluntary Mixed-Income Residential option.
§ The Zoning Committee met on June 20, 2024 to make a recommendation on this petition.
§ The Zoning Committee found the proposed text amendment to be consistent with the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Therefore, the petition was found to be reasonable and in the public interest based on the staff analysis and the public hearing.
§ The Zoning Committee voted 5-1 to recommend APPROVAL of this text amendment.
§ Staff agrees with the recommendation of the Zoning Committee.
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Zoning Committee Recommendation
Final Staff Analysis
Text Amendment