2040 Comprehensive Plan

Charlotte officials are seeking comments online and at public meetings on a new transportation policy that among other things aims to reduce one-person car trips to half of all transportation trips by 2040.

Charlotte’s Unified Development Ordinance is the part of the city's 2040 plan that puts new regulations in place to guide future growth. It includes proposed rules around protecting the city’s trees.

Charlotte’s unified development ordinance is the part of the city's 2040 plan that puts regulations guiding the city’s future development into one document. A portion of the document focuses on development in historic districts and maintaining their character.

Charlotte’s unified development ordinance is the part of the city's 2040 plan that puts new regulations in place to guide future growth. WFAE went through the 608-page document and found a couple of things that caught our eye that we wanted to know more about.

Council members voted 8-3 to approve the 2040 Policy Map Monday. The map removes the numerous zoning categories the city has today.

Alyson Craig is Charlotte’s interim planning director, taking over as the city is in the midst of implementing its massive 2040 comprehensive plan. In other business news, a flea market that was operating at the old Eastland Mall site is gone and the cost of hiring off-duty police at Charlotte sports games is rising.

A draft of a new unified development ordinance meant to help guide Charlotte's growth was released more than a month ago. Some people are just now making their way through its more than 600 pages, and not everyone is happy with what they're seeing, says The Charlotte Ledger's Tony Mecia.

In this week's BizWorthy, The Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter's Cristina Boling talks about an examination of ABC stores in Mecklenburg County — what's behind their liquor shortage and whether the system needs to change.

Now that Charlotte City Council passed the 2040 Comprehensive Plan to allow for multi-family homes to be built in formerly single-family home neighborhoods, where will they go? A consultant hired by the city says south Charlotte is the best option. Also in this week's BizWorthy: What the visionary behind South End thinks of its development, and where can you find liquor?

So your kids are back in school. Now what? And what does that mean for business that support education, or ones that are close to your office? In this week's BizWorthy, the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter's Tony Mecia talks about that, Charlotte's Unified Development Ordinance stemming from the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, why NoDa is resisting development and the future of the Epicentre.