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Hendersonville adopts broad zoning revisions that loosen pathways for larger commercial signage
Summary
After hours of debate over new sign rules, the Hendersonville Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a package of zoning ordinance revisions (ordinance 2025-19) that add new pathways for larger, artistic signage for certain retail developments, clarify multi-tenant sign rules and extend timelines for converting nonconforming signs.
The Hendersonville Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted unanimously Oct. 28 to adopt a package of zoning ordinance revisions that change how the city treats nonconforming signs and create a new pathway for larger, “artistic” signage for certain retail developments.
The revisions, approved as second reading of ordinance 2025-19, include a new “minor regional retail” category permitting developers to seek planning-commission approval for larger, design-forward signs (Section 13.5.0.1.0.7); clarified rules for multi-tenant commercial signage that avoid forcing owners to replace an entire sign when a single tenant changes; and time-limit changes that extend certain conversion triggers from 90 days to 365 days.
“Because our sign regulations leave no appeal path, this creates a pathway…
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