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The Charlotte City Council voted Monday to enact the Unified Development Ordinance, a detailed set of rules to guide how the city grows. The most controversial part allows duplexes and triplexes in neighborhoods that are today zoned for only single-family homes.

Speranzas curiosity was piqued regarding the captivity of Italian POWs in the U.S., an often overlooked portion of WWII history.

City Council approved several development projects in south Charlotte this week, including a new elementary school. But not all of those projects are welcomed by nearby residents, including an apartment community across from a busy high school.

Charlotte City Council met for a strategy session on Monday night, mostly consisting of Council Committee 2022 Work Plans.

CHARLOTTE – Chick-fil-A hopes to build a new restaurant on the site of its existing one at Carolina Pavilion shopping center, just north of the South Boulevard and I-485 interchange.

As part of the local Roots and Shoots club at the Brown School, fourth and fifth-graders donated socks to the homeless.

Mayor Pro Tem Julie Eiselt, a Democrat, filed paperwork with the Mecklenburg Board of Elections in April to make her campaign "inactive." She said she hasn't made a final decision about whether to run for reelection.

Charlotte Proposes City-Owned Plots for Affordable Housing Six city-owned properties will be considered for affordable housing developments by the city council in an attempt to combat rising land costs. Half of the proposed sites are in wealthier parts of the city. June 16, 2021 •  (TNS) — Six city-owned properties across Charlotte, N.C., may be transformed into affordable housing, the latest effort to create more homes in a city where rising land costs...

City Council voted on the most controversial part of the 2040 plan: changes to single-family zoning.

Charlotte council struggles for consensus during 2040 comprehensive plan meeting City Council debates 2040 plan By David Hodges | May 10, 2021 at 10:57 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 11:25 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - There are more than 300 pages of planning, ideas and aspirations in Charlotte’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan. After two years of public input and feedback Charlotte City Council is in the homestretch but it’s anything but certain it will pass. “Adopting the plan is the e...