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Planning staff recommend limits on grading, deny blanket road-radius variance for Asheville Highway concept plan
Summary
Planning staff briefed commissioners on a concept and development plan for a commercial-oriented parcel near Asheville Highway and Governor John Sevier Highway, recommending denial of a blanket intersection-radius variance, limiting new grading within a 150-foot riverbank buffer and requiring further environmental review before broad disturbance.
A concept and development plan for a multi-lot commercial project on property near the intersection of Asheville Highway and Governor John Sevier Highway drew detailed scrutiny from planning staff on grading, road design and environmental safeguards.
Mike, planning staff, said the application includes a development plan and “is really just looking at the roads and land disturbance or or grading for the site.” He described the site as largely in the planned commercial zone with CA zoning nearer Asheville Highway and said the plan shows new road extensions, three requested variances and about 16 lots and outlots.
Why it matters: staff recommended denying one major variance — a blanket reduction of intersection radii from 75 feet to 25 feet — because it would be unsafe or impractical for commercial deliveries and long‑term maintenance. Staff were…
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