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Board approves Southern Concrete batch plant on Goldview Road with conditions
Summary
The Buncombe County Board of Adjustment approved a special‑use permit allowing a Southern Concrete batch plant at 450–460 Goldview Road, imposing conditions including compliance with the traffic engineer's recommendations, coordination with NCDOT on signage, and restricted off‑hour mixer routing; the vote followed hours of expert testimony and resident opposition.
The Buncombe County Board of Adjustment on a split vote approved a special‑use permit for a Southern Concrete batch plant at 450–460 Goldview Road, adding conditions that the applicant comply with the traffic engineer's site‑distance recommendations, work with the North Carolina Department of Transportation on driveway signage and route concrete mixer trucks off Goldview→Aiken Road outside normal operating hours except when an alternative route is obstructed.
The board adopted findings that the application and the conditions met the county's standards for special‑use permits. The meeting transcript records a recorded board vote and an order adopted in open session. Applicant counsel said the company would accept reasonable conditions and pursue required permits, including a DOT driveway permit and a Buncombe County air‑quality permit.
Residents who testified urged denial, citing thousands of heavy‑truck passes, existing quarry and asphalt operations, concerns about noise, vibration, water and road safety; the board weighed expert testimony by the applicant's traffic and noise consultants against lay testimony from neighbors. Justice, the applicant's counsel, told the board, “we are willing to accept reasonable conditions,” a commitment the board cited when drafting permit conditions.
The order requires the applicant to implement the traffic engineer's clearing and sight‑line measures, pursue required permits (DOT driveway permit, local air quality and stormwater closeout) and coordinate with DOT on signage near the entrance. The board also included operational language to discourage off‑hour concrete mixer trips on the Goldview→Aiken corridor, subject to exceptions when the alternate route is demonstrably impassable.
Staff warned the board during deliberations that enforcement of routing and hour restrictions on public roads can be challenging and suggested complaint‑driven enforcement mechanisms; the board left specific enforcement procedures to staff to implement in the permit order. The board asked staff to prepare the formal order reflecting the adopted conditions and to circulate local‑language materials for upcoming cases.
