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N1-A to ML-1(CD) Rezoning for 70,000 SF Manufacturing & Logistics Development

  • When: 2025/06/03
  • Address: Business Center Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • City: Charlotte
  • State: NC
  • Category: Spot Rezoning
  • Subcategory: Industrial Rezoning
  • Asset Class: Commercial
  • Property Type: Logistics
  • Size (SF): 70,000 SF
  • Size (AC): 7.32 AC
  • New Zoning: ML-1(CD) ANDO
  • New Zoning Description: Manufacturing & Logistics 1, Conditional, Airport Noise Disclosure Overlay
  • Previous Zoning: N1-A ANDO
  • Previous Zoning Description: Neighborhood 1-A, Airport Noise Disclosure Overlay
  • Planning Department: True

The rezoning petition 2024-124, submitted by Aviation Metals of North Carolina, Inc., seeks to rezone approximately 7.32 acres along Business Center Drive in Charlotte from N1-A ANDO to ML-1(CD) ANDO. The proposal aims to develop a vacant, wooded property with up to 70,000 square feet of gross floor area for limited uses permitted in the ML-1 zoning district. The current zoning is Neighborhood 1-A with an Airport Noise Disclosure Overlay, while the proposed zoning is Manufacturing & Logistics 1, Conditional, with the same overlay. The staff recommends approval despite inconsistency with the 2040 Policy Map's Neighborhood 1 Place Type recommendation, citing the site's location adjacent to an interstate frontage road, existing industrial uses to the east, and proximity to the airport. The Zoning Committee voted 6-0 to recommend approval on June 3, 2025. The petition prohibits many noxious uses typically allowed in ML-1 and commits to a 100-foot undisturbed buffer for adjacent single-family residences to the north. Building height is limited to 45 feet, and up to 40% of the gross floor area can be devoted to office uses. A single driveway is planned near the eastern property boundary, away from residential dwellings, with an 8-foot planting strip and 8-foot sidewalk along Business Center Drive.

Source

Applicant - Aviation Metals of North Carolina, Inc.


Ownership - CU, LLC


City Representative - John Carmichael