CLT Development Center

CLT Development Center Update

We have placed a drop off box in the lobby of the Government Center for bond/sureties and review fees. Staff will be checking regularly throughout the day to process.

• Bonds/Sureties: may be dropped off in the box or they can be mailed to the City of Charlotte, Attn: CLT Development Center – Bond Administration, Lobby Level, 600 E. 4th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. Please allow 4 business days for bond/surety review

• Review Fees: Fees are paid at the time of the initial submittal to the City of Charlotte. Fees may be dropped off in the drop off box. Fees can also be sent via US mail, UPS, Federal Express, Electronically or by Courier. Please instruct your Courier to use the drop off box in the lobby. Please send fees to: City of Charlotte, CLT Development Center – Lobby Level, 600 E. 4th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. Payments are processed within 1 business day after receipt.

• Electronic Fee Payment: Land Development plans submitted through Accela will begin to accept Electronic Payment via Credit Card or Check beginning Monday, July 18th.   Currently, Re-zoning, Historic District and Charlotte Water applications do not have this option for payment.  When you choose the electronic payment option, staff will send an invoice after plans are submitted in Accela.  At that time, you will go back to your Accela record and begin the electronic payment process.

MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express cards

2.75% of the payment amount with a minimum fee of $2.00

Electronic check – online WEB payments

eCheck Transaction Tiers
Fees
Frequency
$0.00 to $50,000.00
$1.75
Per Transaction
$50,000.01 to $75,000.00
$3.00
Per Transaction
$75,000.01 to $100,000.00
$6.00
Per Transaction
$100,000.01 to $150,000.00
$10.00
Per Transaction
$150,000.01 + $250,000.00
$15.00
Per Transaction



• Plats will continue to be dropped off and picked up in the basement of the CMGC. Plats can also be mailed to the CMGC, Attn: CLT Development Center, Lobby Level, 600 East Fourth Street Charlotte, NC 28202 and include a prepaid return address label. Staff has 3 business days to sign plats and will notify you when they are signed. Reminder: Plats can now be sent electronically, 24/7. Subdivision staff is utilizing the e-signature process approved by Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds. Plats to be e-signed and recorded must be sent via DocuSign, DocVerify or another approved platform
  

Unified Development Ordinance

Unified Development Ordinance staff & the CLT Development Center have partnered to launch a new User Question Portal. This portal is the best place to ask questions & seek clarity on anything found within the UDO. Users are encouraged to use the portal to focus is on questions, rather than comments. Charlotte Development Center staff will be posting responses on a rolling basis.

Answers provided in the portal will be used to develop training materials and resources for review staff as these groups prepare for ordinance implementation in June 2023! These resources will then be shared on the UDO website for all UDO users. Please visit and share this link to ask questions: UDO Question Portal.

About Us

Located on the first floor of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, the CLT Development Center is a space for developers and design teams to access to city staff in a single location for city development permitting services. Development service teams from the Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT), Engineering, Urban Forestry, Construction Inspection, Charlotte Water, Erosion Control, Subdivision, Zoning, Fire, and Plan Review Coordination are in the CLT Development Center.

Contact Info

Staff Contact List

Mailing Address:

Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center

Attn: CLT Development Center

600 East Fourth Street
Charlotte, NC  28202

Phone Number:

​704.336.6692

Additional Resources

Commercial Zoning vs RTAP vs Bulletin

Checklist for Site Hold Release

Land Development Services

Designer and Developer Resources

User Fee Schedules

Search Permits and Projects

ACCELA User Guide

Required Submittal Verification Form

City Ordinances

Charlotte Explorer GIS Map

Electronic Plan Submittal Information

Plan Review Dispute Resolution Form

FEATURED ITEMS

Self-certified Gateway Checklist for Commercial Plans

As of October 2021, the CLT Development Center now requires a Self-Certified Gateway Checklist to be completed by the design professional for all commercial and urban plan submittals to ensure the submittal is complete and has all the required information and items needed for detailed review. The Self-Certified Gateway Checklist includes the minimum submittal requirements and requires a signature by the submitting design professional indicating completeness of the plans and calculations.  This checklist is now a required document to be uploaded to Accela along with the plan submittal.  Find out where the Gateway Checklist fits into the Commercial Plan Process.

Digital Plan Room

The City of Charlotte's CLT Development Center has partnered with ePermitHub to launch the Digital Plan Room, a new electronic document review solution seamlessly integrated into the Accela Citizen Access Portal. Learn more about the Digital Plan Room.

Commercial and Targeted Sketch Plans

Many have asked for the City of Charlotte to duplicate the Subdivision Sketch Plan program with Commercial Plans. You can now submit a Commercial Sketch Plan for comments from the review staff. This is a 7-business day, 1 cycle review submitted through Accela Citizen Access. We are also introducing two new services called Targeted Sketch Plans for Subdivision and Targeted Sketch Plans for Commercial projects. These programs allow you to submit a sketch plan with (up to) 5 focused questions in total to the various review agencies. This is a 7-business day 1 cycle review submitted through Accela Citizen Access. Targeted Sketch Plan reviews are not eligible for after review comment meetings. Fees apply to both of these record types.

Expedited Commercial Plan Review Option

The expedited commercial plan review process is a service available for commercial site plans. Once plans are accepted through the gateway, the standard review cycle will be five business days. Some project exclusions apply.

Expedited plan reviews will be completed by city staff within 5 business days of the first submittal, and within 5 business days for resubmittals. Learn more about Expedited Commercial Plan Review.

Enhanced Review Option

The Enhanced Review Option is available for urban projects*, and commercial and residential subdivisions. Enhanced urban plan reviews will be completed by city staff within 15 business days of the first submittal and within five business days for resubmittals. Enhanced subdivision plan reviews will be completed by city staff within 20 business days of the first submittal and within 10 business days for resubmittals. Some project exclusions apply. Learn more about Enhanced Review.

*Urban projects have the zoning classifications of: UMUD, MUDD, PED, TOD, TS, and RE-3