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Development

Raleigh’s Land Grab

May 21, 2025 by Richard Daunt

Since our initial discussion of House Bill 765 (HB 765) in April, the legislation has undergone revisions. While some controversial provisions have been removed, the bill still poses significant challenges to local governance, particularly for towns like Waxhaw. North Carolina House Bill 765 — misleadingly titled the “Save the American Dream Act” — is one […]

Filed Under: Development, General Tagged With: Residential development, waxhaw

Resources to Oppose HB765

April 16, 2025 by Richard Daunt

As detailed in this post, HB765 is an unprecedented attack on local government. This post has more detail, and this post explains the problems with the study that is being used to justify this bill. This page contains resources that will make it easy for you to email ALL of your representatives in the NC […]

Filed Under: Development, General Tagged With: Residential development

House Bill 765: A Hostile Takeover of Local Government

April 12, 2025 by Richard Daunt

District 55 Representative Mark Brody (of Union County) is sponsoring a bill (HB765) in the NC House that would virtually eliminate regulation of residential development by local governments in the entire state of North Carolina. Rep. Brody is a contractor by trade (as stated on his page), who if still active would be likely to […]

Filed Under: Development, General, Uncategorized Tagged With: high-density, Residential development

Atrium Development

November 28, 2024 by Richard Daunt

On November 26th, 2024, the BOC voted to accept a conditional rezone that allows for the construction of a 190-unit age-restricted (55+) apartment building. The existing zoning of Economic Center requires that non-residential uses be built and well-established before any residential units can be constructed. Beginning with a suggestion by outgoing Town Manager Jeff Wells, […]

Filed Under: BOC Vote Log, Development, General Tagged With: high-density, property tax, Residential development, waxhaw

Local Control Loses, Density Wins

November 23, 2024 by Richard Daunt

The North Carolina legislature has passed SB382, which contains a sweeping revocation of the local control of all municipal governments to down-zone to lower density. The legislators who supported this say that it is needed to combat local government abuses in western NC post-Helene, but some representatives from those areas actually voted against it. Another […]

Filed Under: Development, General Tagged With: high-density, property tax, Residential development

Waxhaw’s Big Flush

October 15, 2024 by Richard Daunt

Most Waxhaw residents know about the 12 Mile Creek wastewater treatment plant on Kensington Drive. It serves Waxhaw, Weddington, Wesley Chapel, Indian Trail, Stallings, parts of Marvin, and some unincorporated areas of Union County. However, if the new residential developments approved by the Waxhaw BOC were allocated wastewater capacity tomorrow, there would be almost none […]

Filed Under: Development, General Tagged With: Residential development, waxhaw

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