Article from this Mondays Mecklenburg Times. Heres the relevant excerpt: -------------- Council denies zoning change for Pulte By: Eric Dinkins September 22, 2014 Pulte Home Corp. was denied a rezoning by the Charlotte City Council for its plans to build town homes on the southwest side of Marshall Place in south Dilworth. Photo by Tony Brown Of the 12 zoning petitions voted on by the Charlotte City Council at its meeting Sept. 15, all were approved with the exception of one. The City Council denied the rezoning for an urban residential plan by Pulte Home Corp. on the south side of Atherton Street between Euclid Avenue and Marshall Place. The city’s Rezoning Committee had recommended previously by unanimous decision that this petition be denied. Pulte’s site plan had undergone several revisions prior to the Sept. 15 meeting, and the City Council decided there were too many outstanding issues for the developer to move forward with the project. “The likelihood of us approving something that is inconsistent is not something we will be doing,” said council member David Howard preceding the vote. Pulte had hoped to build up to 37 single-family units on the site, but the development plan was inconsistent with the Dilworth Land Use and Streetscape Plan, which requires single-family residential areas to maintain a density of four units per acre. The developer’s proposed density was upwards of 13 units per acre. A single-family home and a warehouse currently reside on the site. “I know the neighborhood would like to see this settled tonight,” said council member Patsy Kinsey during the council’s discussion of the petition. “I feel like I would like to go with what the neighborhood would want to do.” The council voted unanimously to deny it. --------------
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 04:14:04 +0000
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