New Apartment Rezoning Could Cause Chaos
The owners of Legacy Arboretum Apartments directly opposite Providence High School are petitioning the City of Charlotte to rezone their property to allow them to build 300 new four story high apartments on the west side of their existing complex, almost doubling the size of the total complex and a 5x increase in the apartments on the west side.
To do so they are asking for the ability to reduce the currently required 200 ft landscape buffer along Hugh Forest Rd that their zoning requires, and they would also connect the entire 500 unit apartment complex directly into Hugh Forest with a new road.
To do so they are asking for the ability to reduce the currently required 200 ft landscape buffer along Hugh Forest Rd that their zoning requires, and they would also connect the entire 500 unit apartment complex directly into Hugh Forest with a new road.
Check out this video to see what that would mean for the area...
Developer's rendering of new 4 story apartment building
Location where developer proposes to tear down 66 existing two story apartments and replace with 300 new four story apartments
Zoning petition includes two new intersections and reduction in landscape buffer to accommodate more buildings on site.
Community Opposes Proposed Plan
The developer held a mandatory Community Meeting virtually on Feb 3rd to explain their plans. Many dozens of people attended. Afterwards representatives from the nearby neighborhoods agreed that the proposal as it stands creates many serious issues that require us to oppose it.
We created this website to provide a focal point to share information about what is happening and what actions you can take. Our objective is to persuade the City Council to reject the petition as it stands. We are not opposed to the developer finding ways to enhance the value of their investment and provide needed high quality accommodation for people. But Charlotte can and should do better than this current proposal, as it pursues smart growth.
We created this website to provide a focal point to share information about what is happening and what actions you can take. Our objective is to persuade the City Council to reject the petition as it stands. We are not opposed to the developer finding ways to enhance the value of their investment and provide needed high quality accommodation for people. But Charlotte can and should do better than this current proposal, as it pursues smart growth.
Choking up TrafficConnecting 500 additional apartments into Hugh Forest could very seriously worsen the already bad traffic situation at 51/Hugh Forest/Beverly Crest and along 51, especially during peak High School drop-off /pick-up times as you can see if you click here.
School overcrowdingDramatic potential increase in burden on existing school overcrowding from 234 new units, maybe even driving further school redistricting
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Student Safety RisksMany students cross the intersections which could be impacted by the additional traffic, creating a dangerous situation at a point with a lot of inexperienced drivers.
Not in neighborhood characterSevere impact on character of community with loss of tree canopy, construction of high buildings far outside of the neighborhood character and not on a primary transit route, plus additional burden on storm drainage/sewers.
This rezoning would be unprecedented. There are no other 4 story apartments in this over 50 square mile area that we are aware of! 
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What can you do?
We need to act quickly and in an organized way as the proposal is already going through the City of Charlotte Rezoning process. There are only limited opportunities to get your voice heard!
The rezoning petition process involves a review and recommendation by the city staff which then feeds into three key steps: (1) a Public Hearing, (2) a Zoning Committee meeting, (3) a City Council Vote.
The Public Hearing was held on JUNE 20. Thanks to the people who signed up on this website we were able to effectively get the Council to see the strength and depth of our concern.
Even though we were happy with how the hearing went we continue to need to mobilize as many neighbors as possible to express their opposition. The next steps in the process are the Zoning Committee and the final City Council vote. A binding vote on this could happen as early as MARCH 20th! So there is no time to lose if you want to voice your opposition!
Other neighborhoods have been successful in getting proposed developments changed to reflect their concerns. We can too if you get involved ... but it will only work if you get involved.
The rezoning petition process involves a review and recommendation by the city staff which then feeds into three key steps: (1) a Public Hearing, (2) a Zoning Committee meeting, (3) a City Council Vote.
The Public Hearing was held on JUNE 20. Thanks to the people who signed up on this website we were able to effectively get the Council to see the strength and depth of our concern.
Even though we were happy with how the hearing went we continue to need to mobilize as many neighbors as possible to express their opposition. The next steps in the process are the Zoning Committee and the final City Council vote. A binding vote on this could happen as early as MARCH 20th! So there is no time to lose if you want to voice your opposition!
Other neighborhoods have been successful in getting proposed developments changed to reflect their concerns. We can too if you get involved ... but it will only work if you get involved.
