Woodfin
Annexation move creates dispute
In other news, the town ap-
By Matt Tate
proved the long-gestating dark sky
ordinance. A sticking point in the
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A nine-acre portion of a 138-acre ordinance for Alderman Debbie
voluntary annexation was the cen- Giezentanner was the exemption
Canning Supplies
ter of a land dispute between the of properties zoned heavy indus-
City of Asheville and the Town of trial. The ordinance asked for such
Woodfin on Tuesday night (Oct. properties, such as Silver Line, the
Pressure cookers,
20). town’s largest employer, to make a
Ultimately, after a 15-minute good faith effort to comply.
pressure canners, recess, the Woodfin Board of Al- The thrust of the ordinance is
Jars, lids, funnels,
dermen decided to table the an- to control directional lighting in
nexation until talks with Asheville the town, said Young, and existing
Corn cutters
could take place. structures are grandfathered into
The nine-acre tract had been an- the ordinance until a replacement
and corn creamers.
nexed into Asheville years ago in is needed.
an atypical move that split a large “We want to reduce the lighting
parcel of land. It is not clear wheth- footprint of the town,” Young said.
If you need it
er the Asheville annexation was “This intends to change the way
involuntary or voluntary, but the people light their exterior areas.”
for canning,
annexation did grant the city the Executives from Silver Line ex-
parcel’s only entrance, according pressed concern about how the or-
we’ve got it!
to Asheville Councilman Jan Davis dinance would affect the company’s
who was present at the aldermen’s future growth.
meeting. Giezentanner’s motion to pass
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Tom Coleman represented his the ordinance without the heavy
family at the meeting who had industrial exemption failed 3-2. A Asheville Councilman Jan Davis asks the Town of Woodfin to
Highway 25,
asked Woodfin for a voluntary an- re-proposed motion to accept the
hold off on annexing the land.
nexation of the land that is contigu- ordinance as prepared passed 4-1,
Fletcher NC
ous to both Asheville and the town, with Giezentanner voting against Drive near Craggy Bridge from res- group Stop Woodfin left following
following the aldermen’s decision to the measure. The ordinance will be idential to commercial shopping. It the aldermen’s talks with the Bun-
www.fletcherlawnandgarden.com annex a 1.5-acre piece of land that
phased in Jan. 1. also accepted an ordinance modify- combe County Commissioners and
the Baird Cove Road water tank sits The aldermen voted to re-zone a ing the flood plain maps. before the public forum portion of
on earlier during Tuesday’s meet- .68-acre tract of land on Riverside Members of the anti-annexation the meeting.
ing.
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Woodfin Town Administrator
Jason Young said Asheville Mayor
North Buncombe
Terry Bellamy approached Woodfin
Mayor Jerry VeHaun and asked the
Madison area
County commissioners
town to delay the decision to annex
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until the two sides could discuss the
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matter further.
“The board generously consented
to put the issue off until further
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By Matt Tate
on North Merrimon Avenue. several hundred jobs to the area as
“[Woodfin] is creating a down- well.
The Buncombe County Com- town. [They’re] doing thing no Gantt expressed support of the
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missioners completed a tour of other community in Buncombe town’s move toward creating a
county municipalities with a County is doing,” he said. greenway that hopes to eventually
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of Aldermen on Tuesday night ment of the Reynolds Mountain downtown area to the French Broad
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