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Uptown Streetscape Standards - A public meeting is scheduled for May 6, 2008, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in Room 267 of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center at 600 E. Fourth Street to present the Draft Uptown Streetscape Standards.   At that time, City of Charlotte staff will present recommendations for Uptown Streetscape Standards developed in collaboration with the Planning Department, the City Arborist, Charlotte Center City Partners, and other stakeholders.

The primary objective of the Standards is to promote the development of a comfortable pedestrian environment, and to establish design continuity within the various Uptown districts.  The City of Charlotte has maintained a set of Uptown Streetscape Guidelines since 1987.  In 2006 the Charlotte City Council adopted The Center City Transportation Plan (CCTP) which recommended guidelines for updating the streetscape treatments in Uptown’s streets.

The purpose of this update of the Uptown Streetscape Standards is to consolidate the recommendations of the CCTP with the earlier versions of the Guidelines in order to guide both the public and private sectors in achieving desired streetscape improvements.  The standards developed in the CCTP provide the primary content of the update, while elements of the earlier Streetscape Guidelines are retained where they provide greater detail than does the CCTP. 

Public comments can be presented at the public meeting. 

City staff will seek City Council’s approval of the new guidelines later this year followed by any necessary Zoning Ordinance text amendment changes.

Uptown Streetscape Standards Draft--now available for public review and comments.  Click on below links to view components of plan.

1IntroductionPublicReviewDraft.pdf

2.VisionGoalsObjectivesandPoliciesPublicReviewDraft.pdf

3ApplicableAreaPublicReviewDraft.pdf

4TheDesignStandardsPublicReviewDraft.pdf

4PrinttheDesignStandardsTablePublicReviewDraft.pdf

UptownStreetEnhancementsMapPublicReviewDraft.pdf

Exhibit1CoreUptownStreetscapeStandardsPublicReviewDraft.pdf

Exhibit1TryonStreetMallStdsPublicReviewDraft.pdf

Exhibit1IllustrationsBenchesTrashFlowerPotsLightingUtilitiesPavement.pdf

Exhibit1IllustrationsWaterIrrigationRailTransitCorridor.pdf

Exhibit2StreetTreesPublicReviewDraft.pdf