Category: Current Issues

The Second Draft of the Charlotte Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) was released on June 3rd, and it is now  available for public review.

The Mecklenburg County 2023 Property Revaluation process has already started. Click here to learn how it affects you.

Late last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published official details of its Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling on broadband competition in multiple tenant environments (MTEs). With its release in the federal register, the FCC’s actions now have an effective date whereby compliance will be mandatory. After April 27, 2022, no common carrier of telecommunication services […]

Important voting dates for NC elections…

On March 15, 2022 the NC Building Code Council voted unanimously to maintain the effective date of July 1, 2022 for the updated valet trash receptacles requirement.

On March 28, the Charlotte City Council approved the adoption of the Charlotte Future 2040 Policy Map.

On December 14, 2021, The North Carolina Building Code Council (BCC) approved to extend the deadline for companies to have fire retardant receptacles in place from June 2022 to June 2023. This approval is contingent upon the NC Valet Trash Association providing proof and documentation to substantiate its claim that shipping and supply chain issues […]

The City Planning Department announced a new timeline that pushes back the comment period of the UDO from January 14, 2022 to March 18, 2022. The reason given was because of the complexity of the 608-page draft document. The second draft will now come out in May 2022. You may review a copy of the […]

Residents who have been served an eviction notice and have a court date within 90 days can be helped in person by a RAMP Specialist..

GCAA along with REBIC and other real estate community partners continue to review and work together on case studies and other tools to demonstrate the economic impact..