March 11, 2025Asheville City Council
From the minutes, not yet reviewedCouncil removes housing density caps and allows bigger residential buildings in commercial districts.
The change covers commercial districts such as Neighborhood Business, Office, Community Business, Highway Business and Regional Business. The City says its limits there have been barriers to more housing. Now there are no caps on the number of homes, and buildings with homes can be larger. Height limits, setbacks and buffers stay the same.
Watch this item, at 53:17(time from the video's captions)- Passed. Voted no: S. Antanette Mosley, Kim Roney, Sheneika Smith.
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- “Staff proposes to update UDO sections 7-8-8.”
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Official title: Council approved the amendments to Chapter 7 of the Asheville Code of Ordinances (Ordinance 5129)
Carried 4–3
From the minutes: This motion was seconded by Councilwoman Ullman and carried on a 4-3 vote, with Vice-Mayor Mosley, Councilwoman Roney and Councilwoman Smith voting “no.”
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“Councilwoman Turner moved to approve the amendments to Chapter 7 of the Asheville Code of Ordinances and find that the proposed amendments are reasonable, are in the public interest, are consistent with the City's comprehensive plan, and meet the development needs of the community in that the amendment will 1) provide added flexibility to encourage housing along commercial corridors, and 2) will simplify and improve the consistency of the zoning code to support all users.”
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