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Staff proposes zoning text amendments to allow two homes per lot, align Beaver Dam rules with county standards
Summary
Buncombe County planning staff reviewed zoning text amendments (ZPH-2025-00012) that would allow up to two dwelling units per lot across zoning districts, add maximum disturbance and impervious-surface limits to the dimensional table, and simplify Beaver Dam district standards; the board requested a work session to review detailed draft language.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. — At an April 2025 Planning Board meeting, Buncombe County planning staff reviewed zoning text amendments in case ZPH-2025-00012 that would change permitted-use and dimensional provisions in the Buncombe County Zoning Ordinance, including a proposal to allow up to two dwelling units per lot in all zoning districts and to add a column for maximum disturbance and impervious-surface limits to the dimensional requirements table.
"What we are proposing is to allow up to 2 homes per lot in all zoning districts," Nathan Pennington, planning staff, told the board during the review of the draft amendments. Staff said the changes aim to simplify development standards that have become fragmented over…
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