Neighbors dictate 'nice' home New houses in Monroe neighborhood forced to measure up MICHELLE CROUCH Staff Writer Bettye Howard's house in Monroe's Winchester community is your typical Charlotte area starter home: tall and narrow on a corner lot, three bedrooms, vinyl siding and a tiny front porch. Her neighbors hated it. They said it didn't fit in their community of ranch homes about 30 miles from uptown Charlotte. Monroe leaders agreed, and created a neighborhood program that is apparently the first of its kind in the region. Now, every new home in Winchester must have at least a 12-foot front...