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Council briefed on contested Springside Road conditional rezoning for 36 homes; ordinance tied to title resolution
Summary
A conditional rezoning to allow 36 single-family homes on a wooded parcel off Springside Road was reviewed July 24 by Asheville City staff and council, with planners, the city attorney and council members focusing on alternate site drawings, sidewalk and school-safety concerns and a pending title dispute; staff said any approval could be made contingent on resolution of ownership.
A conditional rezoning to allow construction of 36 single-family detached homes on a wooded triangular parcel off Springside Road returned to the council agenda briefing July 24 for additional review ahead of the July 29 public hearing. City staff described the application as a rezoning that would keep the RS-4 base district but include technical modifications to lot dimensions and setbacks that would increase buildable density.
Staff said the application on file is the version planning used for its recommendation and that alternate drawings have been circulated by neighbors and the applicant. Planning Director Steph Munson Dahl said buy-right outcomes depend on site design and site constraints: “you can’t use the base of what, like, someone says RS-4 allows and think that that’s what you can actually…
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