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Candidates for Asheville planning and zoning seats outline housing, transit and flood‑resilience priorities
Summary
Five candidates interviewed for seats on the Asheville City Council Planning and Zoning Commission emphasized housing affordability, anti‑displacement measures, transit‑oriented density and flood resilience. The City Council planned to vote on appointments later the same evening; no votes occurred during the interviews.
Five candidates spoke before an interview panel convened by Asheville City officials, telling the panel they would prioritize housing affordability, anti‑displacement measures, transit‑oriented land use and stronger flood‑resilience rules if appointed to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Michael Corbis Bischelli, introduced at the hearing as the first applicant, said he would start from the zoning ordinance and staff recommendations, weigh community input and seek a reasonable consensus on conditions attached to conditional‑zoning requests. “Rules are rules, and it's a conditional zoning request,” Bischelli said, adding that he would fall back on the zoning code as the guiding document for decisions.
Seth Connolly, a 20‑year Buncombe County resident and real estate agent, told interviewers he sees a…
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