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Public display ridicules town officials
By Matt Tate
Tank’s function
Characters negatively depicting
several Weaverville town officials
have drawn attention to a years-long
battle between the town and the hinges on easements
owners of the property.
John Cook said the display in
most projects we’ve worked on,”
front of a home he and his wife, By Matt Tate
Martin said.
Leena, own at 11 Georgia Ave. in
The million-gallon tank was
Weaverville is the result of a dis-
The water tank that was de- designed to supply water to the 168
agreement concerning the zoning
signed to provide water to the home sites and 200 condominiums
of the property. The Cooks want to
Versant development in Woodfin within the European-styled com-
open an integrative therapy school
is in need of land easements before munity at the end of Baird Cove
at the house, but the town has de-
it can become operational. Road, as well as provide extra
nied the request.
The tank, constructed for ap- storage for the district’s current
“We would love to put a business
proximately $300,000, was built customers.
there and pay the town taxes,” Cook
on property owned by H&H The project’s financial struggles
said. “In this economic climate,
Choice. H&H Choice released forced the Town of Woodfin to tap
you wouldn’t think that would be
roughly 80 acres of land to the an irrevocable letter of credit for
a bad thing.”
Versant developers for the con- $3.95 million of Versant’s money
The Cooks purchased the
struction of the first phase of the to complete the project’s first phase.
property in 2007 and asked the A display of characters depicting town officials sits on a
development, but the water tank Part of that completion will be to
Weaverville Town Council in July
lawn at 11 Georgia Ave. is on land still owned by H&H acquire the easements and right-of-
of that year to rezone the property
Choice. ways for Versant’s utilities.
from residential-1 to residential-2. Board of Adjustment to ask that tion Dec. 30 of last year.
Now that the high-end devel- The only residents within the
The council moved to leave the the property be rezoned for the Following the ruling, characters
opment is toiling in bankruptcy, development currently use a well
property as R-1. school. depicting several town officials,
Woodfin Sanitary Water and for their water.
Then on Feb. 23 of this year, The Zoning Board of Adjust- including Weaverville Town Man-
Sewer District Director Joe Martin “We are working to get the prop-
the Cooks went before the Zoning ment followed the ruling of Zon- ager Mike Morgan and Weaverville
said the district is currently wait- erty deeded back to the Woodfin
ing Administrator Shelby Shields Mayor Bett Stroud, were placed
More on display
ing on easements for the tank’s Water District,” Woodfin Town
in denying the request because the alongside toilets at the home with
property and right-of-ways for the Administrator Jason Young said.
definition of “school” did not meet a sign reading “How they got so
water lines. “It is far away in everyone’s interests
Area resident speaks
Section 36-5 of the town’s zoning full of it.” Cook said the sign has
“It’s been more complicated than
Continued on page 21
against protest - pg. 4
ordinance. since been removed by unknown
The Cooks filed the special excep-
Continued on page 21
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