Asheville City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE III
DECISION-MAKING, ADMINISTRATIVE AND ADVISORY BODIES
Sections
- 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 V
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES
Sections
- 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 VIII
- GENERAL USE AND EXPANSION DISTRICTS3
Sections
- 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.
- 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
Sections
- 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
Sections
- 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. 7-10-8. Neighborhood-scale multifamily design standards.
ARTICLE XI
DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
- 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
Sections
- Sec. 7-12-1. Flood damage prevention.
- 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
Sections
- 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 XVIII
ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- 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.