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Council denied the conditional zoning request for the project known as Create Broadway

September 24, 2019Asheville City Council

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What it does

Denies the conditional zoning request for the project known as Create Broadway.

  • Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
  • “She said the proposal is for new mixed-use building containing 138 hotel rooms, 37 residential units (including affordable and live/work units), approximately 1,187 square feet of retail space, additional restaurant/bar space within the building associated with the hotel use, and 126 structured parking spaces.”
  • “Additionally, the applicant proposed conditions that would restrict access during the City Market just to make that extra clear that they would not use that vehicular access point during the City Market hours.”
  • “It’s not just about giving money to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.”

Official title: Council denied the conditional zoning request for the project known as Create Broadway

Carried unanimously

From the minutes: Mayor Manheimer closed the public hearing at 6:17 p.m. The motion made by Councilwoman Mayfield and seconded by Councilman Young to deny the conditional zoning request carried unanimously.

Read the motion as recorded

“Councilwoman Mayfield moved to deny the conditional zoning request for the project known as Create Broadway from Central Business District (CBD) to Central Business Expansion District (CBD EXP CZ) for the construction of a new mixed-use building and find that the denial is reasonable, is in the public interest, and is consistent with the city’s comprehensive plan in that: 1) the project is primarily lodging in use, and as such, does not meet the comprehensive plan goal of a diverse and sustainable mix of uses in the downtown as it would contribute to a growing concentration of lodging uses and loss of opportunity for other new uses; and 2) the proposed access to/from the development is not sufficient.”

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