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Buncombe County previewing Swanoa small area plan with new 'river corridor' category and sidewalk priorities
Summary
Staff presented a draft Swanoa small area plan that adds a 'river corridor' land-use category to prioritize flood storage, habitat and recreation, and presented sidewalk, bike-lane and greenway priorities (including a financed feasibility study for a six-mile greenway segment). The board provided feedback and staff will present policies and actions next month.
Buncombe County staff presented draft vision maps and transportation priorities for the Swanoa small area plan at the March 16 planning board meeting, proposing a new land-use category called 'river corridor' intended to limit development intensity in flood-prone areas and prioritize flood storage, wildlife habitat, agriculture and recreation.
Staff said the river-corridor category (based on a 500-year flood-area concept in the draft) is intended to guide future zoning overlays or other regulatory tools to build resilience in flood-prone corridors while protecting limited developable land. The proposal would permit very low-density single-family development in constrained cases and favors uses related to the river,…
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