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Michelle E. Nance, AICP
Director of Planning and Development Services
P. O. Box 1748
Gastonia, NC 28053
704.854.6641 (phone/general business)
704.869.1960 (fax)
planning@cityofgastonia.com

Our Mission

The mission of the City of Gastonia Planning Department is to improve the quality of life, now and in the future, for the people living and working within the planning area. This will be accomplished through the identification of solutions; the formulation of community goals, objectives, policies, and projects; to the end that common vision is achieved through an open civic process. Further, it is our mission to carry our certain programs and projects through public investment, public-private cooperation, volunteer efforts, and enforcement in order to promote the viability and orderly development of the community, provide public service, and to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare.

NEWS

Quality of life Report

and Community Health Assessment Click Here

CB District Design Standards

The City of Gastonia has recently adopted revised standards for the exterior design and characteristics of structures located within the central business (C-B) district. The purpose of the C-B district design standards is to ensure that new development and rehabilitation taking place in the central business district is executed with appropriate urban design, site planning and architectural principles & techniques. In order to achieve these goals, these design standards focus on a set of key principles that aim for human scale patterns of development and context-sensitive design. Projects will be evaluated by a professional staff Design Review Committee (DRC), allowing for creativity and flexibility while also ensuring compatibility with these key principles. Through conformity with these standards and the design review process, development and rehabilitation projects will contribute to a stable, attractive, economically viable, pedestrian-scaled environment in the downtown area of Gastonia.

The link below provides a general overview of the standards now in place for the C-B District. For more detailed information Planning Department staff should be contacted directly.

CB District Design Standards

NEW!Marietta Street Improvements

Comprehensive Plans

Gastonia 2020 Comprehensive Plan

Check out these draft chapters in pdf format.

Draft Chapter 1: Introduction

Draft Chapter 2: Growth Patterns & Direction

Draft Chapter 3: Housing & Neighborhoods

Draft Chapter 4: Economic & Human Development

Draft Chapter 5: Public Utilities & Community Services

Draft Chapter 6: Open Space, Parks & Recreation

Draft Chapter 7: Center City

Draft Chapter 8: Franklin Boulevard Corridor

Draft Chapter 10: Environmental Quality

Draft Chapter 13: Regional Planning

Draft Policies Statement

Gastonia 2020 comment form

Please check back with us as we will be posting additional chapters as they become available. Please contact Cherie Jzar, AICP at cheriej@cityofgastonia.com with comments and feedback.