City of Charlotte ends year with over 4,000 reported COVID-19 violations, other businesses look forward to 2021 Business owners hoping for a better 2021 By Courtney Cole | January 1, 2021 at 10:24 PM EST - Updated January 1 at 11:12 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Many businesses are hoping for a sense of normalcy going into the new year, some businesses and residential areas facing penalties. This database from the City of Charlotte shows 4,357 COVID-19 violations that Charlotte Mecklenburg Police have responded to from the beginning of March to December 31, 2020. Five violations were reported on the last day of the year. Two of those include the Beatties Ford Road location of the United House of Prayer for All People.