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Council approves multiple Sharon‑Amity rezonings after debate over lot‑splitting precedent
Summary
Charlotte City Council approved several rezonings on and near the Sharon‑Amity corridor April 21 after members debated whether approving lot splits would set an undesirable precedent for single‑family neighborhoods.
Charlotte City Council on April 21 approved multiple rezoning petitions on and near the Sharon‑Amity corridor after a lengthy council discussion about whether allowing lot splits would create a precedent for further density in established single‑family neighborhoods.
Council member Marjorie Molina (District 5) — the sponsoring district representative for the petitions she pulled for discussion — said the approvals were justified in part because similar splits already exist nearby and petitioners told her the new lots would be single‑family homes, not multifamily structures. "They assured me that with this approval,…
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