During a meeting on Monday evening, City Council approved over $100,000 to go to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for new gear.
Equipment covered under the approval includes rifle plates and tactical vests. Also approved in Monday's meeting is over $560,000 to go towards the maintenance of helicopters as well as helicopter training.
Some time in October, CMPD plans to release information about what was purchased with the $50 million that the city received for the Democratic National Convention. They will also release what the police department was able to keep and what they had to return.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Charlotte City Council Unanimously Passes 'Noise Ordinance'
On Monday night, The Charlotte City Council unanimously passed a new noise ordinance after city residents started to complain about the continuous noise associated with certain bars in Charlotte. The 'old' noise ordinance was over 25-years old. In the first draft of the revised noise ordinance, the city proposed several changes that had bar/club owners in an uproar. The council met them half way and the new ordinance bans outdoor music over 85 decibels on Friday and Saturday from 8 am - 11pm. After 11pm, the new ordinance states the noise must decrease to 60 decibels from 11 om- 2 am on Friday and Saturday nights. No outdoor music will be allowed between 2 am- 8am.
The city council will review the new ordinance in six months to see if the new ordinance is working. The punishment for a noise violation is a $1,000 fine against bars and restaurants that don't comply with the ordinance. For a second offense, a business could lose the right to have any outdoor music for 18 months. The changes will take effect between June 15th and August 1st, depending on the size of the venue.
* Click here to view ALL of Charlotte's city ordinances
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
City of Charlotte Towing/Boot Ordinance Changes
Please be aware the City of Charlotte's towing/boot ordinance was changed last night after an unanimous vote by Charlotte City Council members. Know your rights so you do not become a victim of predatory towing! I'm only posting some of highlights so please read the entire ordinance to fully educate yourself.
This ordinance only pertains to private lots (i.e., apartment complexes, business or shopping center parking lots, parking lots charging a fee for a space, etc.)
~ SIGN REQUIRED: The notice must be in the form of a sign structure, not less than 24 in. X 24 in. and not larger than 6 sq ft. It must be constructed of metal, plastic or other type of material that is enduring in nature. The sign shall be prominently posted on the private property at each access or curb cut allowing vehicle access to the property and within five ft. of the street right of way line. The notice shall clearly display the following: “tow-away-zone” or “towing enforced.”
~ SET TOWING/BOOT FEES: The fee for a completed trespass tow (the complete removal of a motor vehicle from a private lot) for all motor vehicles shall be $120.00 or less. The fee for storing a towed motor vehicle shall be $15.00 a day and shall not begin for 24 hours from the time the motor vehicle enters the lot. The fee for booting a vehicle shall not exceed $50.00. A booting service must accept cash and all major credit and debit cards.
~ PRACTICES: Any tow service that has initiated a non-consensual trespass tow by securing the motor vehicle to the tow truck but has not completely removed the trespass vehicle from the private lot, shall upon the request of the vehicle owner or operator, release said vehicle without a charge.
Any tow service that is engaged in a trespass tow shall, upon request of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle, permit the owner or operator access to the trespass vehicle for the purpose of retrieving personal property from the vehicle without paying a fee.
Any towing service that engages in a trespass tow or any storage facility that receives motor vehicles that have been towed as a result of a non-consensual tow from private property shall accept cash and all major credit and debit cards.
Any tow service shall have a person on call 24 hours every day who acknowledges requests to retrieve a towed vehicle within 15 minutes of receiving an inquiry from the owner or operator. If the owner or operator wishes to retrieve the motor vehicle, then the tow service or storage facility must make the vehicle available within 45 minutes. The lot or facility to which a trespass towed vehicle is removed shall be located within the city limits of the City of Charlotte.
** I do not like to air my 'dirty laundry' on this blog but I do have to say that I am personally thankful for this ordinance change! Last October, SL Recovery tried to scam me out of $80 when they towed my vehicle from a Colonial Properties apartment complex in Charlotte all the way to Pineville.
I was horrified when they gave me the amount I would have to pay (CASH ONLY) to get my truck back. Thankfully, I went to the internet and found the city tow ordinance and realized this guy was trying to scam me by overcharging for the tow and storage, to the tune of $80.00.
Amazingly, Colonial Properties still uses SL Recovery for monitoring of all it's Charlotte apartment properties but that has to end now since SL Recovery is out of city limits...
This ordinance only pertains to private lots (i.e., apartment complexes, business or shopping center parking lots, parking lots charging a fee for a space, etc.)
~ SIGN REQUIRED: The notice must be in the form of a sign structure, not less than 24 in. X 24 in. and not larger than 6 sq ft. It must be constructed of metal, plastic or other type of material that is enduring in nature. The sign shall be prominently posted on the private property at each access or curb cut allowing vehicle access to the property and within five ft. of the street right of way line. The notice shall clearly display the following: “tow-away-zone” or “towing enforced.”
~ SET TOWING/BOOT FEES: The fee for a completed trespass tow (the complete removal of a motor vehicle from a private lot) for all motor vehicles shall be $120.00 or less. The fee for storing a towed motor vehicle shall be $15.00 a day and shall not begin for 24 hours from the time the motor vehicle enters the lot. The fee for booting a vehicle shall not exceed $50.00. A booting service must accept cash and all major credit and debit cards.
~ PRACTICES: Any tow service that has initiated a non-consensual trespass tow by securing the motor vehicle to the tow truck but has not completely removed the trespass vehicle from the private lot, shall upon the request of the vehicle owner or operator, release said vehicle without a charge.
Any tow service that is engaged in a trespass tow shall, upon request of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle, permit the owner or operator access to the trespass vehicle for the purpose of retrieving personal property from the vehicle without paying a fee.
Any towing service that engages in a trespass tow or any storage facility that receives motor vehicles that have been towed as a result of a non-consensual tow from private property shall accept cash and all major credit and debit cards.
Any tow service shall have a person on call 24 hours every day who acknowledges requests to retrieve a towed vehicle within 15 minutes of receiving an inquiry from the owner or operator. If the owner or operator wishes to retrieve the motor vehicle, then the tow service or storage facility must make the vehicle available within 45 minutes. The lot or facility to which a trespass towed vehicle is removed shall be located within the city limits of the City of Charlotte.
** I do not like to air my 'dirty laundry' on this blog but I do have to say that I am personally thankful for this ordinance change! Last October, SL Recovery tried to scam me out of $80 when they towed my vehicle from a Colonial Properties apartment complex in Charlotte all the way to Pineville.
I was horrified when they gave me the amount I would have to pay (CASH ONLY) to get my truck back. Thankfully, I went to the internet and found the city tow ordinance and realized this guy was trying to scam me by overcharging for the tow and storage, to the tune of $80.00.
Amazingly, Colonial Properties still uses SL Recovery for monitoring of all it's Charlotte apartment properties but that has to end now since SL Recovery is out of city limits...
Monday, June 23, 2008
City Council Funds DA's Office for Property Crimes
At tonight's city council meeting, members voted unanimously to spend $369,075 to fight property crime in Charlotte.The money will go towards the hiring of two new assistant district attorneys and three support personnel. The five member team will strictly go after habitual property crime offenders and make sure they are prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law.
WBTV reported tonight about a man named Wesley Patterson, who was arrested last month for the 89th time. Most all of his crimes are property related and he has served little jail time. Other similar examples include; Charles Hall, The Robinson's, Bridgett Nicole Evans, William Owens, Robert Morrison King and Robert Gregory Brown.
According to WBTV, the new initiative is designed to give repeat offenders more significant jail time rather than an unbroken pattern of arrest, release, and re-arrest. The goal of the initiative is to make sure every habitual offender who breaks into cars or homes is charged as a felon -- something that is not always the case right now. If convicted, the habitual repeat offenders will see longer jail time.
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