CANCELLED: Planning Board Meeting

Town of Weaverville Planning Board Regular Monthly Meeting Monday, February 2, 2026, 4:00pm Town Hall Council Chambers Agenda Pg# 1. Call to Order ……………………………………………………………………. Chair Kelley 2. Adoption of Agenda ………………………………………………………... Chair Kelley 3. Approval of Minutes – 1/5/2026 Regular Meeting …………… 2 Chair Kelley 4. Zoning Text Amendment – Crypto Mining / Data Centers…. 5 Planning Director Eller 5. Comprehensive Land Use Plan Priorities…………………………… 7 Planning Director Eller 6. Set Special Called Meeting………………………………………………… 14 Planning Director Eller 7. Adjournment…………………………………………………………………….. Chair Kelley Page 1 of 15  TOWN OF WEAVERVILLE PLANNING BOARD AGENDA ITEM Date of Meeting: Monday, February 2, 2026 Subject: Minutes Presenter: Board Clerk Attachments: Minutes from the January 5, 2026 Meeting of the Board Description: Attached you will find proposed minutes from the January 5, 2026 meeting of the Board Action Requested: Staff is requesting that the Planning Board adopt the aforementioned minutes as presented or amended by motion of the Board. Page 2 of 15 Planning Board Meeting Minutes January 5, 2026 The Planning Board of the Town of Weaverville met for a regularly scheduled monthly meeting at 4:00 pm on Monday, January 5, 2026, within the Council Chambers at the Weaverville Town Hall, 30 S Main St., Weaverville, NC. 1. Call to Order Chair Kelley called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm and recognized alternate member Tom Flournoy as a voting member of the Board due to vacancies of regular planning board seats. Planning Board members present: Chair Jane Kelley, Jonathan Brown, Michael Sollazzo, Tom Flournoy Planning Board members absent: Donna Mann Belt Staff present: Planning Director James Eller, Planner Graham Crawford 2. Election of Officers – Vice Chair Due to the recent municipal elections last November, the planning board has created new vacancies that resulted in the need for the board to appoint a Vice Chair. Chair Kelley nominates Michael Sollazo as the new Vice Chair. All voted in favor and none opposed. The motion carries 4-0. 3. Adoption of Agenda Sollazzo moved to adopt the agenda as presented. The motion carried 4-0. 4. Approval of Minutes – 11/3/2025 Regular Meeting Sollazo moved to approve the minutes as presented. The motion carried 4-0. 5. 6 Pleasant Grove Major Subdivision Preliminary Plans Director Eller presented the board with the preliminary plans for the major subdivision on the property commonly known as 6 Pleasant Grove Road. The Planning Board previously reviewed and approved preliminary plans related to a major subdivision on this property for 43 units to be developed, the plans before the planning board today show an increase in units up to 51 to be developed. Director Eller notes that the technical review committee has met and reviewed these plans and has given a positive recommendation for approval of these plans to the planning board. While the plans do reflect an increase in units, the 51 is still within the allowable 8 units per acre that is applicable in the property’s R-3 zoning Page 3 of 15  classification. There will be the same number of buildings and they are also roughly the same size as shown on the previous version of plans with each unit narrowing to allow for the additional 8 units (1 additional unit per building). Sollazo moved to approve the Major Subdivision Preliminary Plans for 6 Pleasant Grove/Fox Property – the motion carried 4-0. 6. Session Law 2025-94 Text Amendments…..Waiting Period on Minor Subdivisions Director Eller presented the board with information on newly passed state law that conflicts with current town ordinance related to waiting periods for minor subdivisions. Code amendments are necessary to ensure legal compliance with current state law. Flournoy moved to provide a positive recommendation on the text amendment as presented. The motion carried 4-0. 7. Adjournment Without objection Chair Kelley declared the meeting adjourned at approximately 4:27pm. Page 4 of 15  TOWN OF WEAVERVILLE PLANNING BOARD AGENDA ITEM Date of Meeting: Monday, February 2, 2026 Subject: Text Amendment Related to Crypto Mining / Data Centers Presenter: Planning Director Attachments: Proposed Text Amendments Description: The current goals of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP), last updated in January 2025, call for a continuous review of the zoning regulations to ensure statutory compliance and consistency with stated goals. Rather than having a rank, as many other priorities do, this goal can be found within the portion of the table reserved for legal compliance and accountability. In this case with crypto mining or data centers, when new uses are encountered they should be enumerated and addressed by the land development regulations. Due to this use closely resembling “noxious uses” due to power and water consumption, as well as noise generation, staff proposes the attached text amendment to include crypto mining / data center in this category. As such the establishment of this use will be subject to conditional district review. Action Requested: Staff is seeking a recommendation from the Board to Town Council on the proposed text amendment related to the regulation of crypto mining / data centers. Page 5 of 15 Sec. 20-1202. Specific definitions. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or any other development regulations adopted by the town, the following definitions shall apply in the administration of all development regulations adopted by the town: Noxious uses. Any use that could be harmful to health or the environment if not properly regulated. Noxious uses include, but are not limited to, the following: power plants, crypto mining or data centers, water and sewage plants, landfills or recycling facilities, outdoor firing ranges, junk yards or salvage yards, rendering plants and slaughterhouses, asphalt or concrete plants or any extractive industry. Sec. 20-3205. Table of uses. The following notes shall be applicable to the Table of Uses established herein. (1) Additional standards for those uses identified on the Table of Uses as "permitted with standards" are found in article III of part III of this chapter. (2) If a proposed use can't be found on the table of uses herein established or is not specifically defined herein, then the zoning administrator shall make a determination on which use most closely resembles the proposed use and shall apply those regulations and restrictions. Such determination may be made as a formal interpretation, or as part of an issuance or denial of a zoning permit or a notice of violation. The zoning administrator's determination is subject to an appeal of an interpretation which shall be heard by the board of adjustment. (3) The abbreviations and symbols shown in the Table of Uses have the following meanings: "C" = Conditional District required "P" = Permitted "PS" = Permitted with Standards "-" = Not Permitted USES R- R- R- R- C- C- I- MHO 1 2 3 12 1 2 1 MISCELLANEOUS USES Noxious Uses - - - - - - C - Created: 2025-07-18 08:46:29 [EST] (Supp. No. 24 Upd 2) Page 1 of 1 Page 6 of 15  TOWN OF WEAVERVILLE PLANNING BOARD AGENDA ITEM Date of Meeting: Monday, February 2, 2025 Subject: Update of Comprehensive Land Use Plan – Table of Stated Goals, Responsibilities, and Priorities Presenter: Planning Director Attachments: Table of Stated Goals, Responsibilities, and Priorities Description: The current goals of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP), last updated in January 2025, call for a comprehensive update to the CLUP in 2025 or at such time as substantial legislative or other changes are experienced. A portion of this update will include a review of the table of stated goals, responsibilities, and priorities. Staff and the Board will collaborate in scoring existing stated goals and including any desired new goals. Action Requested: Staff and the Board will collaborate in scoring existing stated goals and including any desired new goals. Page 7 of 15  COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN STATED GOALS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PRIORITIES Proposed – February 2026 (1=high priority, addressed in 12 months; 2=medium priority, addressed in 24 months; 3=lower priority, addressed in 36 months; 0=proposed deletion) 2026 TC PB Staff STATED GOAL NOTES Staff PB TC PRIORITIZATION RESPONSIBILITY 1 2 3 WATER 4 1 Expand water infrastructure and capacity to Strategic Plan Goal 1.4    support the growth needs of the Town WTP Expansion project underway; commitments and  usage reported quarterly 5 Continue monitoring water production, In progress by staff with  1 allocations, usage, and availability quarterly reports 6 1 Continue reserving water allocation for infill In progress by staff with development within the town quarterly reports 7 8 9 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS      10 1 Continue the Street Improvement Program Program funded FY2026 11 1 Conform Code to HB926 that removes authority to Legally required; Ch. 20 have different standards from min. NCDOT stds amdmts completed; Ch. 24    (Streets) amdmts pending 12 2 Study possible adoption of driveway construction standards – steep slope, reduction of curb cuts,   common driveways 13 Develop attainable goals and priorities for Town Bike-Ped Plan adopted 6/26/23;  2 streets related to bike-ped accessibility plan of action needed 14 2 Establish/continue funding a Sidewalk Strategic Plan Goal 5.1 Improvement Program and/or Bike-Ped priorities Bike-Ped Plan adopted 6/26/23 15 2 Work with NCDOT on pedestrian crossing over Strategic Plan Goal 5.4 Reems Creek on Merrimon    16 3 Improve pedestrian and cyclist connectivity Strategic Plan Goal 5.7, 5.8 17 Review annual progress towards implementation Bike-Ped Plan adopted 6/26/23; Page 8 of 15 0 of the Bike-Ped Plan WEDAC 18 1  COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN STATED GOALS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PRIORITIES Proposed – February 2026 (1=high priority, addressed in 12 months; 2=medium priority, addressed in 24 months; 3=lower priority, addressed in 36 months; 0=proposed deletion) 1 2026 TC PB Staff STATED GOAL NOTES Staff PB TC 19 HOUSING 20 1 Consider broadening allowable housing types PB recommended new R-6 and    (duplexes, quadplexes) in residential districts by R-10; TC action needed   allowing multifamily or establishing new districts    21 2 Consider ways to increase housing affordability Strategic Plan Goal 1.5 22 3 Consider expansion of the MH Overlay District Strategic Plan Goal 1.5 23 24 25 26 GENERAL POLICY MATTERS   27 1 Review & update economic development goals WEDAC/TC working on this 28 1 Continue to annex properties along the Town’s TC consensus on 5/14/22 and borders in order to impose the Town’s land use resolution dtd 12/13/22 & last   regulations amended 5/20/24 29 Continue to work with Buncombe County on TC consensus on 5/14/22   1 planning issues, esp. in areas near Town limits 30 Engage in conversations with NCDOT about long- TC consensus on 5/14/22   1 term planning for growth 31 Engage in conversations with MSD about long- TC consensus on 5/14/22;    1 term planning for growth MSD Update on 9/22/25 32 1 Annual or as-needed review of Future Land Use Strategic Plan Goal 1.1 Map and Resolution Concerning Growth Areas Resolution review and adopted  1/25 33 1 Make decisions on annexation based on the ability TC consensus on 5/14/22 and to provide quality municipal services to proposed resolution dtd 1/25   land uses to same extent and under current policy 34 1 Increase recreational opportunities, especially on Eller Cove Watershed; Reems Page 9 of 15 Town properties Creek Greenway; Quarry Rd 2  COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN STATED GOALS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PRIORITIES Proposed – February 2026 (1=high priority, addressed in 12 months; 2=medium priority, addressed in 24 months; 3=lower priority, addressed in 36 months; 0=proposed deletion) 2026 TC PB Staff STATED GOAL NOTES Staff PB TC    1 35 1 Evaluate need to strengthen regulations with Strategic Plan Goal 2; Hazard regard to hazard mitigation Mitigation Plan update in   progress 36 1 Review of overlapping land use authority Strategic Plan Goal 1.3 (Floodplain, Stormwater, Sedimentation/Erosion   Control, Building Permits & Inspections) 37 Investigate possibility of reestablishing direct bus Strategic Plan Goal 5.5   2 route between Weaverville and Asheville 38 Negotiate interlocal agreement(s) with County Take up when County initiates    2 (Building Permits and Inspections) 39 Enhance planning efforts in floodplain areas to Strategic Plan Goal 1.8    2 reduce local flood risks 40 Study parking in downtown area and expand if Strategic Plan Goal 3.5    2 needed 41 3 Incentivize mixed use development and Strategic Plan Goal 1.7 development near transit lines in areas with    affordable housing and near new hospital 42 3 Prioritize green infrastructure and connectivity Strategic Plan Goal 1.6 43 44 45 LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 46 Review residential uses for consistency and PB recommendation complete;     1 compatibility with policy directives TC action needed 47 Monitor any changes to down-zoning restriction    1 and report if municipal authority reestablished 48 Study & consider regulations that encourage Strategic Plan Goal 4.1    1 neighborhood parks and open space 49 Implement regulations on Crypto Mining/Data    1 Centers Page 10 of 15 50 1 Implement regulations related to mobile vendors 3  COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN STATED GOALS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PRIORITIES Proposed – February 2026 (1=high priority, addressed in 12 months; 2=medium priority, addressed in 24 months; 3=lower priority, addressed in 36 months; 0=proposed deletion) 2026 TC PB Staff STATED GOAL NOTES Staff PB TC    1 51 Study & consider a greenway overlay district Strategic Plan Goal 6.2, 1.8, 1.6,    1 5.7 52 2 Consider Town-initiated rezonings to better align Strategic Plan Goal 3.1 established uses with underlying zoning districts    or to address long dormant properties 53 Undertake a comprehensive review of zoning    2 regulations 54 2 Determine need or desire for Town grading regulations for projects between 1 acre and ½    acre 55 2 Revise wireless telecommunication facility regulations for legal compliance and policy    objectives 56 3 Continue to analyze ways to provide standard Areas improved: regulations in order to reserve use of conditional Mixed Use Development    zoning for unique development Apartments; Condos & SFR 57 3 Study & consider regulation of short-term rentals HOLD due to legal authority change in 12/24; TC Consensus to Delay 8/20/24; 58 59 60 61 PLAN CONSISTENCY REVIEW - LEGALLY REQUIRED 62 Consult plan priorities if inconsistencies develop       - - - in the implementation of this Plan 63 - - - Consult the Future Land Use Map and Resolution Legally required Concerning Growth Areas for Plan consistency    review 64 - - - Consult Action Plan and stated goals for Plan Legally required Page 11 of 15 consistency review 4  COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN STATED GOALS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PRIORITIES Proposed – February 2026 (1=high priority, addressed in 12 months; 2=medium priority, addressed in 24 months; 3=lower priority, addressed in 36 months; 0=proposed deletion) 2026 TC PB Staff STATED GOAL NOTES Staff PB TC    1 65 - - - Consult additional approved plans for Plan Legally required MAINTENANCE OF PLAN AND REGULATIONS – LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY consistency review 66 67 - - 1 Undertake a comprehensive update to the Plan in 2025 update is underway with    2025/2026 or at such time as substantial 3/26 adoption the goal    legislative or other changes are experienced 68 Conduct an annual review of progress towards Staff conducted 9/25  - - - accomplishment of Plan goals 69 Update appendix to this Plan when new plans To keep Plan up-to-date and  - - - or amendments are adopted usable 70 - - - Conduct an annual review of zoning regulations to For legal compliance and ensure statutory compliance and consistency with progress towards Plan goals  stated goals  71 - - - Undertake annual review of the Table of Uses For legal compliance 72 - - - Conduct an annual review of subdivision For legal compliance and regulations to ensure statutory compliance and progress towards Plan goals    consistency with stated goals 73 - - - Consider development of or amendment to For progress towards Plan regulations consistent with law and Plan goals 74 75 Page 12 of 15 5  COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN STATED GOALS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PRIORITIES Proposed – February 2026 (1=high priority, addressed in 12 months; 2=medium priority, addressed in 24 months; 3=lower priority, addressed in 36 months; 0=proposed deletion) COMPLETED  Review sign regulations for legal compliance Completed June 2024     1 1 1 1 and policy objectives (HB926)    1 1.5 2 2 Development of Water System GIS Layer Completed in 2024    1 1 1 1 Continue the Street Improvement Program Program funded FY2025 1 1 1 1 Establish/support committee on Bike-Ped Plan Bike-Ped Plan adopted 6/26/23; committee formed 11/23;     WEDAC Comprehensive review of Future Land Use Map Resolution adopted 1/25     1 1 1 1 (and Resolution Concerning Growth Areas) Determine how to regulate condominiums Code Amendment adopted     1 1 3/25 1 1 1 1 Consider regulations that encourage open space Code Amendments 3/25 or greenway dedication, conservation measures / Link with Tree Conservation Consider regulations concerning tree     conservation/tree canopy preservation     1 1 Setbacks when property line crosses a road Code Amdmt adopted 3/25 Study & consider regulations on min/max Code Amendment adopted     1 1 parking and loading areas 3/25 3 3 3 3 Continue to analyze ways to provide standard Areas improved: regulations in order to reserve use of Mixed Use Development     conditional zoning for unique development Apartments; Condos & SFR Review sign regulations for legal compliance Code Amendments adopted     2 1 1 and policy objectives 6/24/24 Review hillside/steep slope regulations for legal Code Amendments adopted     1.5 1 1 compliance and policy objectives 3/25/24 1 1 0 Study & consider downtown residential district TC and PB consensus with smaller lot size/width 8/20/24 Page 13 of 15 Continue to treat as nonconforming lots 6  TOWN OF WEAVERVILLE PLANNING BOARD AGENDA ITEM Date of Meeting: Monday, February 2, 2026 Subject: Joint Meeting of Town Council and Planning Board Presenter: Planning Director Attachments: None Description: Town Council is slated to hold a joint meeting with the Planning Board during the regularly scheduled workshop meeting on February 9, 2026. It will be necessary for the Board to hold a special called meeting, and staff to advertise said meeting for this purpose. Action Requested: A motion establishing a special called meeting of the Planning Board for the purpose of a joint meeting with Town Council. Page 14 of 15  Notice of Special Called Meeting of the Planning Board This notice of meeting is to inform the public that the Planning Board of the Town of Weaverville will hold a special call meeting on Monday, February 9, 2026 at 6:00p.m. within Council Chambers located at 30 South Main Street, Weaverville, NC. The purpose of this meeting is for the Planning Board to participate in a joint meeting with Town Council to discuss land use regulations and the comprehensive land use plan. Action may be taken. _________________________________ Jane Kelley, Chair Town of Weaverville Planning Board Page 15 of 15