By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

A developer’s lawsuit against the Town of Davidson is making its way through federal court, seeking to take away a tool town officials say they need to cope with the costs of growth, but which can add thousands of dollars to the price of a new home.

The suit is the first against the town in more than a decade, Town Manager Leamon Brice said Tuesday. It challenges the constitutionality of Davidson’s Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance, or APFO, which asks developers of new housing to share the costs of additional fire and police protection, public parks or other public services needed because of their projects. Read the full story

An altercation at a construction site on Westmoreland Road last week led to assault charges against a construction work who allegedly struck three co-workers.

Police also released a report about an Oct. 28 disturbance at a home in the Summer’s Walk neighborhood, where a domestic dispute resulted in assault charges, and led to discovery of a stolen handgun.

Meanwhile, police were out in force last week enforcing the speed limit on Griffith Street, among other places. Patrols issued 15 speeding tickets on the main route between downtown and I-77. And they’re continuing to watch for drivers ignoring stop signs on Jetton Street.
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Huntersville and Davidson police are investigating possible connections between three men arrested in a series of car break-ins in Huntersville and recent car break-ins in Davidson’s Summers Walk neighborhood. Also below, more police reports from this week, including a hit-and-run accident on a roundabout near I-77 Exit 30 that damaged a Cornelius driver’s car. Read the full story

Police on Tuesday recovered a 2002 Mazda in Davidson Landing, off I-77 Exit 30, that was stolen two weeks earlier in Mooresville. Also this week, a car struck a deer on N.C. 73 east of town, and police issued a dozen speeding tickets on Griffith Street. Several auto break-ins were reported, including two in the Summer’s Walk neighborhood, and one on Walnut Street where several thousand dollars of sports equipment was taken. And a resident of the Northeast Drive reported the theft of an $8,000 engagement ring.
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Police are investigating a break-in overnight early Monday at the Monkee’s of Lake Norman store in the Harris Teeter shopping center off I-77 Exit 30. Police also responded to several automobile accidents, including one Oct. 13 in which an 18-year-old driver swerved off N.C. 73, across another road and into a ditch. Also, news about a new job for the police department’s records clerk – and a job opening. Read the full story

Several car break-ins were reported over the past week, including one in the Summer’s Walk neighborhood that netted thieves more than $2,700 in electronics and sports equipment. At another in the McConnell neighborhood, computer equipment worth $2,500 was missing. Details on those incidents, plus traffic enforcement and accidents below. Read the full story

Drawing shows concept for a fire station on Davidson-Concord Road near June Washam Road. No site has been chosen yet. (ADW Architects)

The Town Board Tuesday night gave the town manager the go-ahead to seek land in east Davidson for a second fire station, which the manager called “a pretty dire need.” The vote followed a presentation by a Charlotte-based consulting firm that looked at four potential sites, and identified one at June Washam and Davidson-Concord roads as preferable.

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The town will eliminate these gates when it opens June Washam Road. The opening will be required once a new fire station is built east of town. (David Boraks photo)

Town Board votes tonight. A side issue: June Washam Road residents concerned about planned street opening

As Davidson has grown in recent years, it has stretched its ability to provide fire and emergency coverage from the fire station downtown. Now the town is moving forward with plans for a new station on the east side of town, to Read the full story