The Planning and Zoning Board meets tonight (Wednesday, May 7) at 5:30 p.m. in Weaverville Town Hall.  On the agenda:

Meeting Items

1. Acknowledgement of Guests and/or Officials
2. Review & Approval of 1 April 2008 Board Meetings Minutes
   1. Comments or amendments; approval
3. Sub-division applications: None
4. Proposed Rezoning of 2.67 acres off Gill Branch Rd. from C-2 to R-3
   1. Refer to Zoning Administrator memo dated 30 April 2008
   2. Town Manager/Zoning Admin recap of proposal
   3. Board discussion and vote
5. Conditional Zoning District: Weaverville Partners, LLC, approx. 13 acres on Weaverville Blvd
   1. Town Manager update on developments subsequent to April meeting
   2. Board questions and discussion
6. Weaverville Zoning & Subdivision Codes Revisions
   1. Chair re-cap project
   2. Town Manager comments (incl Town website changes)
   3. Town Attorney comments
   4. Board discussion & suggested Phase 1 changes
   5. Interim report on Phase 2 research (Chair, Sullivan, Staton)
7. Upcoming events:
   1. Town Council Meeting & Public Hearing, Monday, 19 May 2008, 7.00 p.m.
   2. Next regular P&Z Meeting, Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 5.30 p.m.

Did you see this sign on Weaver Boulevard? Could you read it as you were driving by at 35 m.p.h.? Yeah, me neither, so here’s a close up. The parcel in question is known as the McPhail Property or Weaver Village. A public hearing will be held 6 p.m. on Monday, April 14 at the Weaverville Town Hall.

There is a Planning & Zoning Board meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 at the Weaverville Town Hall. On the agenda:

1. Acknowledgement of Guests and/or Officials
2. Review & Approval of 4 & 12 March 2008 Board Meetings Minutes
   1. Comments or amendments; approval
3. Major sub-division: C. Kent Cole, 7 Indian Lane in the ETJ (re-application by different owner of property previously sub-divided)
   1. Applicant presentation
   2. Board questions and discussion
   3. Public comments
   4. Board recommendation
4. Conditional Zoning District: Weaverville Partners, LLC, approx. 13 acres on Weaverville Blvd
   1. Town Manager update on developments subsequent to March meetings
   2. Board questions and discussion
5. Weaverville Zoning & Subdivision Codes Revisions
   1. Chair re-cap project
   2. Town Manager comments (incl Town website changes)
   3. Town Attorney comments
   4. Board discussion & suggested Phase 1 changes
   5. Interim report on Phase 2 research (Chair, Sullivan, Staton)
6. Upcoming events:
   1. Town Council Meeting, Monday, 21 April 2008, 7.00 p.m.
   2. Next regular P&Z Meeting, Tuesday, 6 May 2008, 5.30 p.m.
   3. Proposed 13 May Public Hearing on Phase 1 changes (up to Council)

A Weaverville Zoning Board of Adjustments meeting has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 29 at the Town Hall.  The lone item on the agenda is:

• Request for a variance on front yard set-back
  20 South College Street

Town Hall is located at 30 South Main Street.

The agenda for Monday’s (August 20) town council meeting has been published on the Town website.  To view, go to their calendar page and click on the Musical Notes next to the Town Council meeting listing.  Among the agenda items are a discussion of conditional use zoning districts, a report from the Planning and Zoning Board regarding the McPhail Property rezoning request, and a discussion of the resolution to merge the Weaverville ABC Store into the City of Asheville ABC System.

Just received this notice from Weaverville First:

If you are not aware yet - The Weaverville Partners have re-applied for a rezoning of the McPhail property on Weaver Blvd., as well as the adjacent property that belongs to Lasher. They have asked that it be rezoned to C2, if I am correct. The town sent it to the Planning and Zoning Board to review. Their task is to assess how it fits into the new Land Use Plan. My understanding is that information will be shared on Monday at Town Hall. Please attend this meeting if you can.

Weaverville Planning and Zoning Meeting
Mon, Aug 13, 2007: 5:30pm - 6:30pm

This will apparently be the first of 5 meetings. If you can make it on Monday, this is a good place to begin to understand the process — so that later, during the Public Hearing, you can share your views. Also, a good time to have a showing of concerned residents.

If you don’t know about the history of Weaverville Partners and the McPhail property, here’s a summary as I understand it:

The McPhail property is the tract of land on Weaver Boulevard located between Ingles and Main Street. Weaverville Partners originally wanted to put commercial businesses there in the form of two banks, a CVS, Auto Zone and Sonic Drive-Thru facing Weaver Blvd., with some smaller shops and residences behind them. After the Town Council declined to take action on their original rezoning request, the developer switched to a plan to building apartments on the property. The Zoning Board of Adjustment rejected that request and Weaverville Partners sued to have the decision overturned. They won, the Town of Weaverville appealed, but in the meantime the Town Council voted to allow Weaverville Partners to being a possible rezoning process.

Some additional reading on the subject, if you’re so inclined:
Town Council Minutes, Feb. 2005 Meeting
Town Council Minutes, April 2005 Meeting
Town Council Minutes, June 2005 Meeting
In Spite of Appeal, Weaverville Grants Developer a Review, Asheville Daily Planet article, July 17, 2007