MECKLENBURG COUNTY
Land Use & Environmental Services Agency
Code Enforcement
6-13-12
TOWNHOUSE PROJECT SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS
Townhouses 3 stories or less in height shall conform to the 2012 NC Residential Code (R101.2)
Townhouses more than 3 stories in height must conform to the 2012 NC State Building Code.
I.
Required Pre-Approvals before entering the system:
♦ Charlotte Planning Commission approval or local town planning commission
approval, Cornelius, Huntersville, Davidson, Matthews, Mint Hill and Pineville
♦ Mecklenburg County Land Development approval.
♦ Charlotte Fire Department access requirements.
II.
Submittal requirements:
♦ One address verification form for the project address. This could be any address
within the project.
♦ Three (2) complete sets of plans that include full architectural plans and full preapproved site plans.
♦ Detached garages must be on the site plans. If a garage exceeds 400 square feet
building plans are required for review.
♦ If the project is within the City of Charlotte’s planning jurisdiction, an additional
seven (7) site plan packages must be submitted directly to them. These plans are
submitted to directly to City Engineering located at 600 E. 4TH St. Charlotte, NC,
704-336-6692.
♦ No plan review required for Electrical, Mechanical, or Plumbing
♦ Sprinkler plans (when applicable) are checked by Fire & C.M.U.D. reviewers.
♦ Project design criteria information (2012 appendix B, Project Data Sheet) must be
reproduced onto page 1 or 2 of the building plans, sealed by NC registered engineer.
♦ One copy of the permit data sheet.
♦ Copies of the project data sheet and the permit data sheet can be found on our web
page for residential plan review, www.meckpermit.com.
♦ Minimum building plan size is 11” X 17”, minimum site plan is 18”X 24” and all
plans must be legible and drawn to scale.
♦ All components of phased development must be included in the submittal package.
Each submittal is a different phase of a development.
III.
Two tracks for the building review process:
♦ Complete project review as described above.
♦ Townhouse Master Plan Review: This program may be valuable to developers that
will build a particular unit or units in multiple developments within Mecklenburg County.
Once a particular unit has master plan approval then the developer may submit the project
using the P.I.N.’s of the units to be used along with all of the site plans and the building
configurations for review. This saves time on the building code review because only the
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party wall separation, design criteria and seismic information for each building will have
to be reviewed. Master Plan is only for individual units, not the entire building or the site
plans. All Master Plans must be submitted through www.e-plan-nc.org
IV.
Information needed on "Building Permit Application" for all Townhouses:
♦ Only submit permit applications when project is approved. Submit applications for
units you are ready to build. Include a copy of the zoning approved plot plan with street
addresses for all new townhomes. Also include an address verification form for each
unit, available on line at www.meckpermit.com. Permits can be applied for online.
The balance of the permit applications for townhouse units can be submitted at a later
date when you are ready to build.
♦ Refer to approved plans for yard requirements, instead of putting setbacks on each
permit.
V.
Common areas such as club houses and pool houses will be submitted as a separate
project and go through commercial plan review and permitting.
Send all comments to: rtac@mecklenburgcountync.gov or fax: (704) 432-6723.
Copies of forms can be viewed and printed from our web page at www.meckpermit.com under
Contractor’s or Architects & Engineer’s Tool Boxes identified as “Residential & Townhouse Plan
Review”
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