The City of Charlotte Planning, Design & Development Department has recently released the much anticipated 14 Draft Community Area Plans. These are a pivotal component in implementing the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan while providing more detailed recommendations for shaping the built environment, and addressing factors such as land use, urban design, transportation, and infrastructure. What’s included?
14 Community Area Plans with detailed development recommendations for each area.
A Program Guide that connects these plans to other citywide policies.
And a Revised Policy Map & Manual reflecting the community’s latest feedback.
WAYS TO REVIEW & PROVIDE FEEDBACK
Visit the Virtual Open House for an overview of the planning process and key recommendations.
Read the Draft Plans and share your comments.
Sign Up for Office Hours throughout April 2025, where community members can meet with staff to ask questions or provide their feedback on the draft plans.
Visit your Local Library to review hard copies of the draft plans.
Locations include:
· Hickory Grove
· Sugar Creek
· West Boulevard
· Allegra Westbrooks Regional
· Mountain Island
· South Boulevard
· Steele Creek
· Independence Regional
· Myers Park
· SouthPark Regional
· South County Regional
· University City Regional
City staff are available to attend community meetings upon request. Please note that scheduling is based upon staff availability.
To request a meeting please email [email protected] and include:
· Primary Contact
· Time & Date of Meeting
· Approximate Number of Attendees
REVISED POLICY MAP
You are also invited to review and comment on the Revised Charlotte Future 2040 Policy Map. The Policy Map provides guidance for the type and intensity of development that is appropriate throughout the city and has been revised through the Community Area Planning process.
View and comment on the Revised Policy Map HERE.
STAY INVOLVED
Visit: cltfuture2040.com
My Take: Weighing in on the Charlotte Area Plans or revised draft Policy Map is vital to shaping an intelligent document, one that reflects the experience, opinion, and vision of our valuable REBIC audience. Charlotte City Council will likely vote to adopt the plans and the map some time before the end of May, prior to its summer break. While the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) governs the regulatory framework, staff and elected officials use the area plans and policy map to make important development decisions, especially on such things as rezonings. If you have been thinking about commenting but have been putting it off for one reason or another, now is the time to act. If you do, please let me know. Councilman Ed Driggs, the Chair of the Transportation, Planning, and Development Committee frequently seeks me out for an industry perspective. Providing input now could save you some frustration in the long run.
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