On May 28th, 2024, the BOC voted to rezone the 111-acre Howie property for a developer project of 700+ residential units. This property was rezoned in 2021 from one per acre to four-plus houses per acre. The Tuesday vote on the Emerson project was not a clear choice between higher or lower density. A “yes” […]
Residential development
Update from Commissioner Susanna Wedra
Here’s another video update from Commissioner Wedra, specifically regarding some more new developments that are proposed.
Graham Property Annex/Rezone
On April 23, 2024, in a 3 to 2 vote, the Waxhaw Board of Commissioners (BOC) approved the annexation of 168.58 acres from Union County R-20 to Waxhaw R-3 and Employment Center, despite strong opposition from the neighbors and surrounding community.NCGS 160D-605(b) addresses the statement of reasonableness, in that the statute lists factors to consider, […]
Graham Annexation and Rezoning
On April 23rd, 2024, the BOC voted to annex 168.58 acres of Mel Graham’s property into the town and zone it to a higher density than the previous county zoning. No development plan has been formulated, but this will lead to a minimum of 240 new residential units.
2×2 Update from Commissioner Wedra
Since the majority of the Waxhaw BOC insist on continuing with “2×2” meetings which the public are not invited to, Commissioner Wedra has kindly provided a video report of the discussions. Multiple residential developments were presented, one of which was “pre-zoned” a few years ago. For a snapshot of what’s currently in the pipeline, refer […]
Taxes and Residential Development
On Friday, March 8th in a special meeting of the Waxhaw Board of Commissioners, Randall Arendt (Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute) from Greener Prospects was brought in as an expert, and stated that “you never get more tax dollars from development unless it’s non-residential”. However, there are a few exceptions: If this is […]