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Asheville, NC Code of Ordinances
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA CODE OF ORDINANCES
SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE
PART I - CHARTER AND RELATED LAWS
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 3 ANIMALS
Chapter 4 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
Chapter 4.5 CABLE SERVICES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 5 CEMETERIES
Chapter 6 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 7 DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 8 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Chapter 9 TAXES, PERMITS AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS
Chapter 10 NUISANCES
Chapter 11 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Chapter 12 PARKS, RECREATION AND PUBLIC PLACES
Chapter 13 POLICE
Chapter 15 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 16 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
Chapter 18 TAXICABS AND VEHICLES FOR HIRE
Chapter 19 TRAFFIC
Chapter 20 TREES
Chapter 21 WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
APPENDIX A SIGN REGULATIONS
APPENDIX B SCHEDULE OF CIVIL PENALTIES
APPENDIX C TRAFFIC SCHEDULES
APPENDIX D HISTORIC LANDMARKS
APPENDIX E PARKING METER ZONES
APPENDIX F SCHEDULE OF TAXICAB FARES
APPENDIX G RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WHERE CONCEALED HANDGUNS ARE PROHIBITED
APPENDIX H DESIGNATED STREET PERFORMANCE HIGH IMPACT AREAS
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE 1965 CODE
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE ORDINANCES
STATE LAW REFERENCE TABLE
Asheville, Standard Specifications and Details Manual
CITY OF ASHEVILLE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND DETAILS MANUAL
SECTION 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS
SECTION 2 - DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND APPROVAL
SECTION 3 - TRANSPORTATION DESIGN STANDARDS
SECTION 4 - STREET LIGHTING STANDARDS
SECTION 5 - UTILITIES
SECTION 6 - PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS
SECTION 7 - SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL
SECTION 8 - STORMWATER
SECTION 9 - APPENDICIES
SECTION 10 - STANDARD DETAILS
SECTION 11 - SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES
Chapter 7 DEVELOPMENT
ARTICLE I. - AUTHORITY, PURPOSE, JURISDICTION, AND LEGAL STATUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 7-1-1. - Authority; title. 
Sec. 7-1-2. - Purpose. 
Sec. 7-1-3. - Jurisdiction. 
ARTICLE II. - OFFICIAL MAP, RULES OF CONSTRUCTION, AND DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 7-2-1. - Official zoning maps; identification. 
Sec. 7-2-2. - Interpretation of district boundaries. 
Sec. 7-2-3. - General rules of construction. 
Sec. 7-2-4. - Conflict or inconsistency with other laws, covenants, or deed restrictions. 
Sec. 7-2-5. - Definitions. 
ARTICLE III. - DECISION-MAKING, ADMINISTRATIVE AND ADVISORY BODIES 
Sec. 7-3-1. - Asheville City Council. 
Sec. 7-3-2. - Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission. 
Sec. 7-3-3. - Board of adjustment. 
Sec. 7-3-4. - Historic resources commission. 
Sec. 7-3-5. - Technical review committee. 
Sec. 7-3-6. - Specifications review committee. 
Sec. 7-3-7. - Urban forestry commission. 
Sec. 7-3-8. - Asheville Downtown Commission. 
Sec. 7-3-9. - City of Asheville Planning and Development Department. 
Sec. 7-3-10. - Asheville-Buncombe Riverfront Commission.
Sec. 7-3-11. - Asheville Design Review Committee. 
ARTICLE IV. - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 
Sec. 7-4-1. - Role of the comprehensive plan. 
Sec. 7-4-2. - Review of and amendments to the comprehensive plan. 
ARTICLE V. - DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES 
Sec. 7-5-1. - Permits and approvals. 
Sec. 7-5-2. - Zoning permits. 
Sec. 7-5-3. - Temporary use permits. 
Sec. 7-5-4. - Uses by right, subject to special requirements. 
Sec. 7-5-5. - Special use approvals.
Sec. 7-5-6. - Reserved. 
Sec. 7-5-7. - Manufactured housing community (MHC) approval. 
Sec. 7-5-8. - Subdivision plat approvals. 
Sec. 7-5-9. - Site plan review for development projects except those on parcels zoned Central Business District and located in the Downtown Design Review Overlay District (CBD/DDR). 
Sec. 7-5-9.1. - Development approval process on parcels zoned Central Business District and located in the Downtown Design Review Overlay District. (CBD/DDR) 
Sec. 7-5-10. - Design Review. 
Sec. 7-5-11. - Certificate of appropriateness approval. 
Sec. 7-5-12. - Floodplain development. 
Sec. 7-5-13. - Erosion and sedimentation control plans. 
Sec. 7-5-14. - Stormwater discharge permits. 
Sec. 7-5-15. - Zoning vested rights approval. 
Sec. 7-5-16. - Sign permits. 
Sec. 7-5-17. - Driveway access permits. 
Sec. 7-5-18. - Reserved. 
Sec. 7-5-19. - Certificate of occupancy. 
Sec. 7-5-20. - Notices and public hearings. 
Sec. 7-5-21. - Reserved. 
ARTICLE VI. - VARIANCES, ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS 
Sec. 7-6-1. - Variances. 
Sec. 7-6-2. - Appeals of administrative decisions. 
Sec. 7-6-3. - Variances for reasonable accommodations. 
ARTICLE VII. - TEXT AMENDMENTS AND MAP AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 7-7-1. - General. 
Sec. 7-7-2. - Initiation of amendments. 
Sec. 7-7-3. - Petition requirements. 
Sec. 7-7-4. - Review by the Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission. 
Sec. 7-7-5. - Action by the Asheville City Council. 
Sec. 7-7-6 - Reserved. 
Sec. 7-7-7. - Waiting period for subsequent applications. 
Sec. 7-7-8. - Conditional zoning. 
ARTICLE VIII. - GENERAL USE AND EXPANSION DISTRICTS 
Sec. 7-8-1. - Enumeration and description of districts; designation of districts on official zoning maps. 
Sec. 7-8-2. - RS-2 Residential Single-Family Low Density District. 
Sec. 7-8-3. - RS-4 Residential Single-Family Medium Density District. 
Sec. 7-8-4. - RS-8 Residential Single-Family High Density District. 
Sec. 7-8-5. - RM-6 Residential Multi-Family Low Density District. 
Sec. 7-8-6. - RM-8 Residential Multi-Family Medium Density District. 
Sec. 7-8-7. - RM-16 Residential Multi-Family High Density District. 
Sec. 7-8-8. - Neighborhood Business District. 
Sec. 7-8-9. - Office District. 
Sec. 7-8-10. - Office II District. 
Sec. 7-8-11. - Office/Business District. 
Sec. 7-8-12. - Community Business I District. 
Sec. 7-8-13. - Community Business II District. 
Sec. 7-8-14. - Resort District. 
Sec. 7-8-15. - Institutional District. 
Sec. 7-8-16. - Highway Business District. 
Sec. 7-8-17. - Regional Business District. 
Sec. 7-8-18. - Central Business District. 
Sec. 7-8-19. - River District. 
Sec. 7-8-20. - Commercial Industrial District. 
Sec. 7-8-21. - Light Industrial District. 
Sec. 7-8-22. - Industrial District. 
Sec. 7-8-23. - Urban Village District. 
Sec. 7-8-24. - Neighborhood Corridor District. 
Sec. 7-8-25. - Urban Residential District. 
Sec. 7-8-26. - Urban Place Form District. 
Sec. 7-8-27. - Airport District. 
Sec. 7-8-28. - Haywood Road Form District. 
Sec. 7-8-29. - River Arts Form District. 
Secs. 7-8-30—7-8-39. - Reserved. 
Sec. 7-8-40. - Central Business Expansion District. 
Sec. 7-8-41. - Commercial Expansion District. 
Sec. 7-8-42. - Residential Expansion. 
Secs. 7-8-43—7-8-46. - Reserved. 
ARTICLE IX. - OVERLAY DISTRICTS 
Sec. 7-9-1. - Resource Management Overlay District. 
Sec. 7-9-2. - Historic Preservation Overlay District. 
Sec. 7-9-3. - Downtown Design Review Overlay District. 
Sec. 7-9-4. - Manufactured Housing Overlay District. 
Sec. 7-9-5. - Manufactured Housing Community Overlay District. 
Sec. 7-9-6. - Blue Ridge Parkway Overlay District. 
Sec. 7-9-7. - Hotel Overlay District. 
Sec. 7-9-8. - Head of Montford Transition Overlay District. 
Sec. 7-9-9. - Conditional Use District. 
Sec. 7-9-10. - Charlotte Street Transition Overlay District. 
Sec. 7-9-11. - Reserved. 
ARTICLE X. - GENERAL DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 
Sec. 7-10-1. - Number of principal buildings per lot. 
Sec. 7-10-2. - Required setbacks; allowable encroachments into required setbacks. 
Sec. 7-10-3. - Fences and walls. 
Sec. 7-10-4. - Reserved. 
Sec. 7-10-5. - Retaining walls. 
Sec. 7-10-6. - Navigable airspace. 
Sec. 7-10-7. - Reserved. 
Sec. 7-10-8. - Neighborhood-scale multifamily design standards. 
ARTICLE XI. - DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS 
Sec. 7-11-1. - General. 
Sec. 7-11-2. - Parking, loading, and access standards. 
Sec. 7-11-3. - Landscape and buffering standards. 
Sec. 7-11-4. - Open space standards. 
Sec. 7-11-5. - Zoning vested right. 
Sec. 7-11-6. - Traffic impact analysis. 
Sec. 7-11-7. - Flexible development standards. 
Sec. 7-11-8. - Sidewalk requirements. 
Sec. 7-11-9. - Emergency wireless communications. 
Sec. 7-11-10. - Outdoor lighting standards. 
ARTICLE XII. - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARDS 
Sec. 7-12-1. - Flood protection. 
Sec. 7-12-2. - Stormwater, soil erosion and sedimentation control, illicit discharge and connection ordinance. 
Sec. 7-12-3. - Protected mountain ridges. 
Sec. 7-12-4. - Steep slope and ridgetop development. 
Sec. 7-12-5. - Reserved. 
Sec. 7-12-6. - Stormwater services utility and enterprise fund. 
ARTICLE XIII. - SIGN REGULATIONS 
Sec. 7-13-1. - Purpose and scope. 
Sec. 7-13-2. - General provisions. 
Sec. 7-13-3. - Signs prohibited or requiring additional standards in all zoning districts. 
Sec. 7-13-4. - On-premises signs. 
Sec. 7-13-5. - Off-premises signs. 
Sec. 7-13-6. - Maintenance. 
Sec. 7-13-7. - Structural and construction requirements. 
Sec. 7-13-8. - Nonconforming signs. 
Sec. 7-13-9. - Variances. 
Sec. 7-13-10. - Reserved. 
ARTICLE XIV. - ACCESSORY AND TEMPORARY USES AND STRUCTURES 
Sec. 7-14-1. - Accessory uses and structures. 
Sec. 7-14-2. - Temporary uses and structures. 
ARTICLE XV. - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS 
Sec. 7-15-1. - Subdivisions. 
ARTICLE XVI. - USES BY RIGHT, SUBJECT TO SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONAL USES 
Sec. 7-16-1. - Uses by right, subject to special requirements. 
Sec. 7-16-2. - Special uses.
ARTICLE XVII. - NONCONFORMITIES 
Sec. 7-17-1. - Nonconformities—Purpose, application and definitions. 
Sec. 7-17-2. - Dimensional nonconformities. 
Sec. 7-17-3. - Nonconforming uses. 
Sec. 7-17-4. - Maintenance, repair and replacement. 
Sec. 7-17-5. - Replacement of manufactured homes. 
ARTICLE XVIII. - ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 7-18-1. - Duties regarding enforcement. 
Sec. 7-18-2. - Penalties for violations. 
Sec. 7-18-3. - Notice of violation and citation procedure. 
Sec. 7-18-4. - Action for recovery of civil penalty; action for institution of criminal process. 
Sec. 7-18-5. - Summary removal of signs/sign structure; remove orders for signs/sign structure. 
Sec. 7-18-6. - Injunctive relief and other remedies. 
ARTICLE XIX. - TREE CANOPY PRESERVATION. 
Sec. 7-19-1. - Applicability. 
Sec. 7-19-2. - Tree canopy preservation requirements. 
Sec. 7-19-3. - Calculation of tree canopy area. 
Sec. 7-19-4. - Documentation and plan review. 
Sec. 7-19-5. - Payment in lieu of compliance. 
Sec. 7-19-6. - Permitting. 
Sec. 7-19-7. - Enforcement. 
Appendix 7-A. - Public Benefits Table. 
Appendix 7-B. - Reserved 
APPENDIX 7-C. - RECOMMENDED SPECIES LIST 
APPENDIX 7-D. - DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES FLOW CHART 
APPENDIX 7-E. - HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES 

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