A
Accela Citizen Access
Accident/crash reports
Accidents - live feed
Adopt a pet
Adopt-A-City Street Program
Adopt-A-Stream program
Advisory boards (City of Charlotte)
Advisory boards (Mecklenburg County)
Airport Connector bus routes
Alarm fines
Alarm permits
Alarm system impairment form
Animal licenses
Animal found
Appeal a traffic ticket
Appeal parking citation
Application for special events, parades and festivals
Apply for a business loan
Apply for a marriage license
Apply to become a CMPD Officer
Approved rescue group
B
Backflow prevention device
Become a certified small business
Beer and wine permits
Bicycles and bus service
Bicycling in Charlotte
Bicyclists - report an aggressive driver
Bids and contracts
Birth, death certificates
Block party request
Blockage in a city drain
Blockage of a storm drain or stream
Blue Line light rail service
Boarded-up structures
Bond administration
Broken parking meter (report)
Building code (Mecklenburg County)
Budget information (City of Charlotte)
Building permits
Building services (City buildings and facilities)
Bulky item pickup (Solid Waste Services)
Bus schedules
Bus transit centers
Business loans
C
Call before you dig
Camp Ignite (Charlotte Fire Department camp)
Cankerworm resources
Carnival and fair permit application
CATS Para-Transit
CATS Real Time App
CATS Trip Planner
Cemetery plots
Charlotte crime mapping
Charlotte-Douglas International Airport
Charlotte Fire Department plan review
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers
Citation and donation payments
City of Charlotte code
City of Charlotte maps
City of Charlotte ordinances
City/County Ordinances
CityLYNX Gold Line Streetcar
City properties for sale
CMPD accident/crash reports
CMPD crime reports
CMPD crime statistics
CMPD recuritment
Code Enforcement
Collection schedule (trash, garbage, recycling)
Commend or compliment a police officer
Common nuisance violations
Community engagement
Community planning
Community toolkit
Concern or complaint about a police officer
Consolidated planning
Contracting opportunities
County jobs
Crime prevention
Crime reports
Crime Stoppers
D
Dead animal collection
Death and birth certificates (Mecklenburg County)
Decorative signs and posts (Residential)
Discrimination concerns - Fair Housing Act
Dispute Settlement/mediation services
Dog adoption
Drainage - blockage in a city drainage system
Drainage - erosion along a creek or storm drain
Drainage - flooding from a drainage structure
Drainage - pollution in a creek, stream or lake
Drivers license (North Carolina Dept. of Motor Vehicles)
E
Erosion - report severe stream bank erosion
Explorer Post (Charlotte Fire Department)
F
Fair Housing Information
Fair permit application
Fence and wall certificate
Festival applications
File a claim (Against the City, County or Board of Education)
Find a fire station
Find a recycling center (interactive map)
Find a vendor (Current list of certified City vendors and commodity codes)
Find contracting opportunities
Find your police response area
Fire code information and regulations
Fire Department permit application
Fire education programs
Fire hydrant use
Fire inspection and testing services
Flooding - report flooding of a street, house or building
Food stamps, other social services
Found animal
G
Garbage collection
Garbage recycling schedule
Garbage holiday collection information
Gold Rush service (CATS service)
Graffiti
Grave spaces
Gun permit
H
Historic District Commission
HouseCharlotte Program
Housing Advisory Board of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Housing counseling services
Housing rehabilitation
Housing services
Humane education (Animal Care & Control)
I
Inspections - commercial
Inspections - residential
Irrigation
J
Jobs - Charlotte Fire Department
Jobs - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Jobs - City of Charlotte
Jobs - Mecklenburg County
K
Keep Charlotte Beautiful
L
Land development projects
Land permits
Landscape - trees
Large item pickup (Solid Waste Services)
Lateral Entry Program
LeadSafe Charlotte lead-based paint hazard control
Light rail service-Blue Line
LYNX Blue Line Light Rail service
LYNX Rail service routes and schedules
M
Maps
Marriage license (Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds)
Mayor's Youth Employment Program
Mecklenburg County jobs
Mediation/dispute settlement
Meet CFD Mascot Blaze
Mental health programs
Mentoring programs (Mayor's Mentoring Alliance)
Microchip clinics
Military Recruitment Program
Minimum housing code
N
Need a Speaker
Neighborhood and Business Services
Neighborhood board retreat
Neighborhood matching grants
Neighborhood organization contact list
Neighborhoods - boarded-up residential structure
Neighborhoods - graffiti
Neighborhoods - high weeds, grass, & junk in yard, etc.
Neighborhoods - parking on lawn 8 a.m.-5 p.m. M-F
Neighborhoods - parking on lawn after hours/ weekends
Neighborhoods - signs in public rights of way
NeighborWoods Tree Canopy Program
New water or sewer connection
Noise ordinance
Non-Residential building code
North Meck Village Rider (CATS Service)
O
Ordinances - City of Charlotte
Oversize house moving permit
Owner surrenders (Pets - Animal Care & Control)
P
Para-Transit Services
Parade application
Parking on the lawn
Parking meter issue (broken meter)
Parks (Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation)
Pay a parking citation
Permitting
Pet adoption
Pet food bank
Pickup of a large (bulky) item pickup (Schedule - Solid Waste Services)
Police response areas
Pollution - report pollution in a storm drain, stream or lake
Posting/ reporting lost/ found dogs
Pothole repair
Properties for sale (City of Charlotte)
Public records requests
Pyrotechnics display application
Q
Quality of Life Explorer
R
Rabies clinics
Recruiting to become CMPD officer
Reclaiming lost pets
Records requests
Recycling center locations (interactive map)
Recycling schedule
Register a fire code complaint
Register as a vendor
Report a broken parking meter
Report a crime to CMPD
Report a storm water problem
Report animal found
Report code violations (Health & sanitation issues [tall weeds/grass, dilapidated conditions, junk motor vehicles], graffiti, boarded-up structures, signs in public rights of way)
Report reckless driving, CALL 311
Report wastewater spill or backup
Report water leak (in street, at meter box)
Request a smoke alarm or carbon monoxide alarm
Request mulch
Request pickup of a large trash item (Solid Waste Services)
Resources for emergency assistance
Response areas - police
Rezoning
Right of way abandonment petition form
Right of way use permit
Road sign-repair or missing
Routes & schedules (CATS Services)
S
Schedule a presubmittal meeting
Schedule pickup of a large trash item (Solid Waste Services)
Schools - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Senior Citizens Nutrition Program
Sewer connection
Sidewalks - container obstruction
Sidewalks - obstruction
Sign ordinance
Solid Waste Services
Spay/neuter services (male/female dogs/cats)
Sprinter airport bus service
Start, stop, or transfer water service
Street name change
Streetlight repairs
Streets - basketball goal in street
Streets - new sidewalk
Streets - new traffic signal request
Streets - pothole repair
Streets - residential traffic-calming devices
Streets - right of way sight obstructions
Streets - sidewalk repair
Streets - street sign repair
Streets - streetlight repair
Streets - traffic signal timing
Storm drain or stream blocked
Subdivision information
Swimming pools
T
Tank installation and removal
Tent guidelines and permits
Traffic accidents - live feed
Traffic and pedestrian signal outage
Transit - long-term planning
Traps
Trash collection
Trash - schedule a bulky item pickup
Trees - Request inspection for City tree
Tree Banding
Tree leaves removal (yard waste)
Tree planting in stream buffers
Tree-planting tips
Tree work permit
U
Upgrade a street light
Utility cut certification class (Utility rights-of-way excavations)
V
Vanpool
Vendor information
Victim resources
View code enforcement cases
Vital records
Volunteer programs with Storm Water Services
Volunteer storm drain marking
Volunteer to monitor local streams
Volunteer to serve on a board or commission
W
Water bill
Water quality - streams and lakes
Water rates and fees
Work for the Charlotte Fire Department
Work for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Work for the City of Charlotte
Work for Mecklenburg County
Y
Yard waste collection
Youth Employment Program (Mayor of Charlotte)
Youth programs
Z
Zoning enforcement
Zoning holds release requests
Zoning questions about a property
On May 31, 2022, Charlotte City Council voted to adopt the $3.24 billion FY 2023 budget. The budget was developed to lead the City of Charlotte toward addressing the most foundational and pressing needs of the city and is led by City Council’s Strategic Priorities. The Adopted Budget went into effect July 1, 2022.
Adopted FY 2023 Budget
Adopted FY 2023 Budget in Brief
The Crowns of Enterprise Awards recognize and honor small businesses that demonstrate exemplary leadership and sound business strategies. This is the tenth anniversary of the awards ceremony and will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 2 p.m.
Watch the 2020-2021 Crowns of Enterprise Awards
The transportation Park It! citation payment page will be under maintenance September 27 to October 1. Citation payments and appeals will not process during this time. All services will be available again on October 1. Thank you for your patience.
The City of Charlotte is a great place to work and offers the opportunity to build strong communities where people live, work and play. We provide a competitive healthcare, retirement, and benefits package.
We will be accepting applications for our police trainee process during the next open application period.
