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.
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Social District Consensus
This wasn’t widely reported at the time, so it’s worth re-iterating even now. Back in January during their retreat, the Waxhaw Board of Commissioners were in agreement that the town should not move forward on Social Districts. This was not an official vote, but we achieved consensus during the discussion on this topic. For those […]
Firearms Permit Process
On April 9th, 2024, the BOC voted to create a permit process to allow an expanded use of muzzleloaders and shotguns on qualifying private properties.
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 […]
Voting on the Board of Commissioners
In Waxhaw, we have six members on our Board of Commissioners, but only five of them vote regularly. Although he is a member of the board, our Mayor only votes if there is a need to break a tie. This scenario would only arise if one of the regular voting members was absent and there […]
Transparency Rejected
In the March 12th meeting of the Waxhaw BOC, the three holdovers from the previous administration went back on their transparency agreement at the January retreat – reverting to the practice of private “two by two” meetings. The meetings will not be broadcast or recorded. The following video is queued up to the discussion: