STEELE CREEK NEWS

Public Hearings for Four Rezoning Petitions in Steele Creek on September 19

(September 4, 2005) The Charlotte City Council will hold its monthly zoning meeting at 6:00  pm on Monday September 19 in the meeting chamber at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center (600 E. Fourth Street). (Free parking is available at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Parking Deck (3rd and Davidson) during City Council meetings. Visitors can enter the parking deck through the Davidson Street entrance prior to the City Council meetings and exit freely after 7:00 pm.)

The Council will vote on petitions that have been presented in previous meetings and then hold public hearings on new petitions. Rezoning petitions for four properties within Steele Creek currently are scheduled, although some might be deferred.

Two of the sites are outside the Charlotte city limits but within the city's extraterritorial planning and zoning jurisdiction (ETJ) where the Charlotte City Council has zoning jurisdiction. The Charlotte ETJ includes all of the unincorporated area within Steele Creek.

For more information on the rezoning process, visit the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission Rezoning web page.

Click on the links in the headings of the sections below for maps and more information on these petitions.

Rezoning Petition 2005-122

Petitioner: Hord Properties, LLC
Current Zoning: R-17MF (Multi-family Residential, up to 17 dwelling units
                    per acre)
Proposed Zoning: NS (Neighborhood Services, Conditional)
Location: Approximately 0.912 acres located north of the intersection of Sandy
                    Porter Rd and S. Tryon St., adjacent to the entrance of Stone
                    Ridge Apartments
Public Hearing Date: September 19, 2005

Rezoning Petition 2005-130

Petitioner: Carolina Health Care System
Current Zoning: R-3 (Single-family Residential, up to 3 dwelling units per acre)
Proposed Zoning: O-2(CD) (Office, Conditional)
Location: Approximately 16.3 acres located southwest of the intersection of York
                     Rd and Steele Creek Rd. behind the Steele Creek Volunteer
                     Fire Department
Public Hearing Date: September 19, 2005

Carolinas HealthCare System (which operates Carolinas Medical Center and numerous other health care facilities in the Charlotte and surrounding area) has requested rezoning to allow construction of a major health center. Once this center opens, Carolinas HealthCare Systems plans to keep its Steele Creek Urgent Care office open on S Tryon Street near Westinghouse Boulevard.

Rezoning Petition 2005-134

Petitioner: David & Dawn Young
Current Zoning: R-3 (Single-family Residential, up to 3 dwelling units per acre)
Proposed Zoning: I-2(CD) (General Industrial, Conditional)
Location: Approximately 1.06 acres located southeast of the intersection of Shopton Rd. and Pleasant Way Lane
Public Hearing Date: September 19, 2005

Rezoning Petition 2005-135

Petitioner: The F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co.
Current Zoning: R-3 & O-1 (Single-family Residential, up to 3 dwelling units per
                       acre & Office)
Proposed Zoning: RE-1(CD) (Research District, Conditional)
Location: Approximately 101.6 acres located southeast of the intersection of
                       Hamilton Rd and Youngblood Rd.
Public Hearing Date: September 19, 2005