Charlotte city officials are proposing that construction of a new arena that could keep the NBA's Hornets from moving to New Orleans be partly financed with property taxes.

Members of the Charlotte City Council will be asked next week to approve a financing plan for the $230 million building, City Manager Pam Syfert told the council Monday.

Syfert said that the proposal would not increase property taxes. In June, voters defeated an arena-financing plan in which officials refused to consider using property taxes.

The Hornets have asked the NBA for permission to move to New Orleans by next season. Hornets' co-owners George Shinn and Ray Wooldridge say the team cannot survive financially at the 14-year-old Charlotte Coliseum.

The new arena would include the luxury suites and club seats the Hornets say they need. The building would hold about 18,000 people.

Mayor Pat McCrory has made construction of an arena contingent on having a major league pro team to play in it.

The proposal calls for the city to use $15.5 million from a reserve fund that includes some unspent tax money, $80 million in hotel tax revenue, $10.7 million from a land sale and $11 million from the sale of certificates of participation.