CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A development featuring a potential racquet sports facility was approved Monday after changes were made to appease the city’s planning staff.

The mixed-use development at the intersection of Plaza Road Extension and Hood Road was met with questions in August – from both neighbors and the planning staff. Developer Queen City Land proposed a rezoning on 15.8 acres that would build 94 townhomes, 4,500 square feet of retail and a 20,000-square-foot health and fitness facility.

Two primary changes were made to address previous concerns: • A provision that all townhome buildings contain a maximum of four units. They were asked to build for units that fall under the Neighborhood 1 zoning, which includes quadraplexes. • The landscape buffer between this d

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