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City Council Business Meeting, June 8, 2026

Approves FY2027 Operating Budget and FY2027-31 Capital Investment Plan, passed with two opposed

10h 0m44,737 words
30 mentionspublic hearingmotion to approvezoningapprovedland useresidentialindustrialspecial use permitrezoningdeniedCharlotte, NC
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What happened

Charlotte City Council unanimously approved a 150-day moratorium on new telecommunications and data storage (data center) facilities citywide and in its ETJ, pursuant to NC General Statute 160D-107, to study energy/water demand, neighborhood buffers, and land-use impacts (already…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Charlotte, NC
Governing body
Final authority
Date
June 8, 2026
Decisions
11 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved, passed with two opposed

Projects in this meeting (1)

Case 160D-107

Approved
1 condition of approval

Meeting Summary

Charlotte City Council unanimously approved a 150-day moratorium on new telecommunications and data storage (data center) facilities citywide and in its ETJ, pursuant to NC General Statute 160D-107, to study energy/water demand, neighborhood buffers, and land-use impacts (already…

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Key Decisions (11)

Approved

Consent agenda items 29-53

Vote: unanimous
Approved

Averitt Express Inc. Business Investment Grant

Vote: passed
Approved

Capital Group Companies Inc. Business Investment Grant

Vote: passed with one opposedConditions attached
Approved

FY2027 Operating Budget and FY2027-31 Capital Investment Plan

Vote: passed with two opposed

Development Activity (4)

Bank of America Stadium private performance venue

Commercial

East Charlotte Connector

Infrastructure

District 5 data center rezoning

Industrial

Red light camera pilot program

Infrastructure

Market Signals (6)

Infrastructure

A 150-day moratorium on new data centers signals Charlotte will…

Sentiment

State law (down-zoning restrictions and by-right zoning) significantly limits Charlotte's…

Housing Demand

FY2027 budget raises the housing trust fund to a record…

Who Spoke (37)

MayorCouncilmember · 11CommissionerStaff · 4Attorney · 2Public · 11

On the record: the mayor, 11 councilmembers, a commissioner, 4 staff members, 2 attorneys, and 11 members of the public.

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