Place Types: Neighborhood 2
Manuals and Metrics Table of contents Place Types: Neighborhood 2 Goal: Provide a range of moderate to higher intensity housing types, including apartment and condominium buildings, to meet the needs of a diverse population. Neighborhood 2 places are higher density housing areas that provide a variety of housing types such as townhomes and apartments alongside […]
Place Types: Neighborhood 1
Manuals and Metrics Table of contents Place Types: Neighborhood 1 Goal: Provide places for neighborhoods with a variety of housing types, where single-family housing is still the predominant use. Neighborhood 1 places are the lower density housing areas across Charlotte, where most of the city’s residents live, primarily in single-family or small multi-family homes or […]
Complete Communities and Places
Manuals and Metrics Table of contents COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AND PLACES What is a Place Typology? Most comprehensive planning documents provide direction for future growth through a land use map. Future land use, which informs parcel-based zoning, does not give guidance on the aspects of place like building form, streets, multi-modal facilities and connections, and open […]
B. Place Types Manual
Manuals and Metrics Table of contents B. Place Types Manual The Place Types Manual presents all of the information about Place Types in one location. It provides additional detail and supporting graphics to help further articulate the aspirational characteristics of Place Types in Charlotte to what can be found in the main Plan document. The […]
Equity Metric #4: Environmental Justice
Manuals and Metrics Table of contents Equity Metric #4: Environmental Justice Environmental justice (EJ) seeks to minimize and equalize effects of environmental hazards among the entire community regardless of income, ethnicity or race. Issues of environmental justice often arise from geographic or procedural inequities. Geographic inequities occur when neighborhoods with high percentages of low-income residents, […]
Equity Metric #3: Access to Employment Opportunity
Manuals and Metrics Table of contents Equity Metric #3: Access to Employment Opportunity The access to employment opportunity index identifies areas with a lack of employment opportunities for residents. Employment Opportunity, for the purposes of this analysis, is defined as the ability for residents to live proximate to jobs that are attainable for a variety […]
Equity Metric #2: Access to Housing Opportunity
Manuals and Metrics Table of contents Equity Metric #2: Access to Housing Opportunity The Access to Housing Opportunity index identifies areas where the housing stock does not provide opportunities for all residents to live. Housing Opportunity, for the purposes of this analysis, is defined as the ability for residents of all income, household compositions, and […]
Equity Metric #1: Access to Essential Amenities, Goods and Services
Manuals and Metrics Table of contents Equity Metric #1: Access to Essential Amenities, Goods and Services Building on the Equity Atlas developed in Phase 1 of the Comprehensive Plan effort, a methodology for measuring access to essential amenities, goods and services has been developed to help identify areas where residents and businesses may not have […]
Populations Vulnerable to Displacement Overlay
Manuals and Metrics Table of contents Populations Vulnerable to Displacement Overlay As a critical layer of analysis, an overlay identifying concentrations of residents that are vulnerable to being impacted negatively by change was developed. The analysis identifies residents that have characteristics that tend to make them more vulnerable to potential displacement. Unfortunately, the same characteristics […]
A. Equitable Growth Framework Manual
Manuals and Metrics Table of contents A. Equitable Growth Framework Manual Building on the Built City Equity Atlas developed in Phase 1 of the Comprehensive Plan effort, a methodology for measuring access, environmental justice and equity has been developed to help identify areas where residents and businesses may not have access to daily needs, choices […]