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Council approves rezoning for proposed for-sale townhome community over objections about traffic and infrastructure
Summary
Charlotte City Council on Sept. 15 approved a rezoning that clears the way for up to 575 attached for-sale dwellings after council members debated traffic impacts, infrastructure funding and a visitor-service land donation to Mecklenburg County.
Charlotte City Council approved a rezoning on Sept. 15 that would allow a developer to build up to 575 attached, for-sale dwellings on a site the council considered under item 3.
The council approved the zoning committee's statement of consistency for the petition after a period of discussion; Councilmember LaJuana Mayfield cast the sole recorded opposing vote, citing concerns about traffic and infrastructure capacity.
Councilmember LaJuana Mayfield said the scale of the proposal was ‘‘very highly intensive’’ and raised the project's projected trip generation, saying the proposal could create about 4,331 potential daily trips compared with an entitlement under current zoning of 1,988 trips. Mayfield said the cumulative transportation impacts and limited available funding for road improvements meant she would vote no.
Councilmember Johnson (identified in the record as "Miss Johnson") responded that the petition was for-sale housing rather than rental apartments and that the petitioner had submitted a traffic study and planned infrastructure improvements. Johnson also said the developer would donate about 5.3 acres to Mecklenburg County for a future public park and that local partners including the University City partners and a District 4 coalition supported the project. She said those points informed her decision to support approval.
Staff did not list any unresolved legal authorities during the discussion. No formal conditions beyond the zoning committee statement of consistency were read into the public record during the decision vote.
The council took the vote by raising hands. The motion to approve the zoning committee statement of consistency carried with Mayfield recorded as opposed.
The matter will proceed through the normal follow-up steps for a zoning approval, including any required site-plan reviews and any subsequent permits needed before construction begins.
