Charlotte East community organizations have
been instrumental in getting more inspector positions
and the installation of a Code Enforcement Office
on Sharon Amity. These added resources had an
overall positive effect on the city as a whole
by reducing the size of coverage areas for the
inspectors. While there may have been an overall
positive effect city-wide, Charlotte East is still
saturated with violations which are going unchecked,
in comparison to other parts of Charlotte. We
have yet to achieve the equity which we are striving
for.
Since then the City has created a new boarded
up structures ordinance, a new hotel/motel ordinance,
new occupancy standards, new signage rules and
most recently a new text amendment for mobile
food vendors. Weekend and Evening patrols have
also increased citywide with a focus on nightclubs,
bars, ABC permitting and commercial vehicle issues,
which are all part of zoning enforcement.
Beginning spring 2009 Code Enforcement will extend
the hours of operation during daylight hours to
provide better coverage of code issues occurring
after 5pm. These resources will be targeted to
address specific problems.
A city stakeholder's group is currently considering
the adoption of a new non-residential building
code that would have the effect of giving Code
Enforcement more jurisdictional authority over
commercial buildings. |
