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Advisory board adopts ordinance edits to add monitoring and public hearings for farmland rezonings

Buncombe County conservation meeting · February 17, 2026
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Summary

The board adopted updates to the countytimeline-preservation ordinance to add monitoring of EVAD properties and to require public hearings when farmland within EVAD is proposed for rezoning or condemnation; staff will consult the state for implementation details.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY — The advisory board voted Feb. 17 to adopt changes to the countytimeline-preservation ordinance that add required monitoring of EVAD properties and a public-hearing procedure when farmland protections intersect proposed rezonings or condemnation.

Staff presented edits based on a state model ordinance and highlighted the changes required by recent state legislation. "We left the required changes that the bill made in red so you could…

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