Sanders Partnership v. City of Charlotte
Jan 07, 2026OUTCOME: Win for Landowner
Charlotte, NC
Land use and zoning Lawyer at Charlotte, NC
Practice Areas: Land Use & Zoning
OUTCOME: Win for Landowner
OUTCOME: Win for landowner
The City issued a zoning notice of violation to Ed's Tavern for operating an unlawful outdoor eating, drinking and dining establishment after 11:00 p.m. Ed's appealed the notice to the zoning board of ... adjustment where the board affirmed the zoning administrator's decision 5-0. Ed's then appealed to the Mecklenburg County Superior Court and obtained a decision from the Court reversing the zoning board and requiring that the notice of violation be revoked.
OUTCOME: Win for landowner
Obtained a decision from the North Carolina Court of Appeals in NCJS, LLC and James H. Plyler v. City of Charlotte, reversing the City of Charlotte Zoning Board of Adjustment and reversing the Mecklenb ... urg County Superior Court, which held that the dumpsters on the industrial property owned by NCJS did not require screening under the City’s zoning ordinance. Costs for the ZBA and superior court hearing transcripts were reimbursed by the City as a result of the Court of Appeals decision.
OUTCOME: Win for landowner
Obtained a decision from the City of Charlotte Zoning Board of Adjustment which reversed the zoning administrator’s determination that a wrecker service with outside storage was illegally operating a j ... unkyard. The junkyard use was found by the Board to be legal and conforming with the zoning ordinance and could continue and the notice of violation was invalid.