Hi, I'm new to the board, I live in Charlotte and I'm looking for a new house where I can build a large garage, probably 4 cars or so (but might even add more on later). I'm wondering what zoning regulations I should take into account in picking out the right house and lot. Does anyone on the board know anything specific to Charlotte?
Zoning, specifically, in Charlotte, NC
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Lloydthumper
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good luck I live in Gastonia about 20 miles west of charlotte. I have family that live in charlotte and it takes an act of congress to build anything in charlotte. Sorry I don't have any specifics.
URY914
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Go to the building and zoning dept at the City or County and ask them. They also should have a website that has all local requirems on line.
1967mgbgt
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Charlotte's zoning reguations can limit the amount of square footage of an "accessory" structure. The dfferent zoning classifications will also dicate setbacks, placement, etc. Then if yoiu are planning to build, you better have a lot of patience to deal with building standards. Note:Most of the actual building inspectors and some of the "main office" employees are pretty good people and will try to work with you. But many of the "main office" employees will give you wrong or incomplete information and take NO responsibility.
If you're looking at a newly constructed house with that size garage, you better have deep pockets and the time for custom building. Most subdivisions built in the Charlotte area in the past 20 years have mandatory homeowners associations (not to mention the small lots) that will severely limit the possibilities of expanding an existing garage or building a separate deteached garage. Many communities have restrictions and covenants that virtually prohibit anything additional structures.
If you mean a "new to you" home, you best options are either to check out the older neighborhoods or look in the surrounding towns or even counties.
As a long term Charlotte resident and taxpayer, I could turn this into a book. Instead if you want more info you can contact me off forum.
Mark
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If you're looking at a newly constructed house with that size garage, you better have deep pockets and the time for custom building. Most subdivisions built in the Charlotte area in the past 20 years have mandatory homeowners associations (not to mention the small lots) that will severely limit the possibilities of expanding an existing garage or building a separate deteached garage. Many communities have restrictions and covenants that virtually prohibit anything additional structures.
If you mean a "new to you" home, you best options are either to check out the older neighborhoods or look in the surrounding towns or even counties.
As a long term Charlotte resident and taxpayer, I could turn this into a book. Instead if you want more info you can contact me off forum.
Mark
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PanelDeland
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1967 has told you about Charlotte.However that is true for most cities.The best way to get what you're looking for is to buy outside of city limits.Usually that increases the commute using up the time to spend in said garage.Another option is to see if you can buy a warehouse and use part of it for living quaters.(Think the loft in "Flashdance") only using the space for cars/projects.
JohnZ
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Besides checking out the zoning issues, it's more important to check the deed restrictions for any subdivision, usually enforced by the sub's HOA. When we built our retirement home, the deed restrictions said the garage couldn't be less than two cars or more than four. The attached garage I designed would hold eight (44' deep x 58' wide). In our case, the developer/builder was the only one empowered to approve deviations from the deed restrictions (the sub was about 65% done at the time), I had a good relationship with him, and he just had my architect put a stud wall across the width of the garage on the permit drawing and added a note that showed the half of the garage between the stud wall and the house as "future workshop". It flew, the wall never went up, and that was seven years ago.
