Charlotte’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)

Welcome to the website for the Charlotte Unified Development Ordinance and its related projects, UDO Text Amendments, Alignment Rezoning, and UDO University.

On June 1, 2023 the new ordinance became effective.

Scroll below to learn more about each project

Transitioning to the UDO

We have changed over to the UDO. Find all the information you need on this transition here.

The UDO is effective as of June 1, 2023.

Text Amendments

The UDO is a “living” document, that will continue to be updated and modified through text amendments. Learn more about currently proposed text amendments in the link below.

UDO UNIVERSITY

UDO University offered a series of virtual training opportunities to assist in learning about the UDO and to ask questions of subject matter experts. Virtual session presentations and playbacks are now available at the link below.