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Buncombe County board approves special-use permit for New Lester grocery and retail development
Summary
The Buncombe County Board of Adjustment voted in October to grant a special-use permit for a planned unit development that will accommodate a 50,325-square-foot grocery and about 7,080 square feet of strip retail at 14 Hitching Post Road.
The Buncombe County Board of Adjustment voted in October to grant a special-use permit for a planned unit development that will accommodate a 50,325-square-foot grocery and about 7,080 square feet of strip retail at 14 Hitching Post Road.
County staff told the board the property is zoned CS (Commercial Service) and that the project must meet several conditions before major land-disturbing activity begins: the parcel identified as 14 Hitching Post Lane must be subdivided prior to submission of a master site plan review permit; a floodplain development permit demonstrating no-rise and any required approvals from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality for stream rerouting and culvert replacement…
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