Buncombe County does not paint or regulate curb-color parking markings, because its roads are state-maintained by NCDOT, which controls all pavement markings and traffic-control devices. Residents may not paint curbs or add their own no-parking markings on a public right-of-way. Asheville and other towns set their own curb rules.
Curb-color coding (red, yellow, blue) is a municipal traffic-engineering tool, and Buncombe County does not use or enforce it because it has no municipal street system; roads outside the towns belong to the state highway network maintained by NCDOT. Only NCDOT (or a city, within its limits) may install official pavement markings, signs, and curb markings under NC Chapter 20; a property owner may not paint a public curb or fabricate a no-parking zone on a state right-of-way. On private commercial lots, fire-lane and accessible-space striping follow the fire code and accessibility standards, not a county curb-paint ordinance. Sec. 78-661 governs sight-distance obstructions at corner-lot access points. City residents follow the town's curb-marking rules.
Painting or altering markings on a public street or right-of-way is enforced under NC Chapter 20. Obstructing sight distance at a corner-lot access point violates Sec. 78-661 and is enforced by Buncombe County Planning & Development.
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