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Buncombe County to begin rezoning unzoned "donut hole" parcels; first 106‑acre area slated for public hearing
Summary
County planning staff outlined steps to close remaining unzoned "donut holes" created by earlier countywide zoning, deannexations and resurveying. Staff said the first area — about 106 acres — is planned for owner contact and a planning‑board public hearing in August or September.
Buncombe County planning staff told the county Planning Board on July 21 that staff will begin initial rezoning of remaining unzoned "donut hole" parcels left from the countywide zoning effort in 2009 and subsequent boundary changes. Staff said the first area to be considered, called "Donut Hole Number 1," is about 106 acres and is currently vacant residential land served by septic and wells.
The update came during a regular Planning Board meeting where staff described multiple reasons the unzoned parcels exist: limits in the 2009 countywide zoning effort (driven at that time by state statute), two deannexations that returned properties to county jurisdiction, and county‑boundary resurveying that produced small pockets previously not zoned. A staff presenter said, "It's Donut Hole we're calling it Donut Hole Number 1. It's about a 106 acres.…
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