Buncombe County sets off-street loading standards through Sec. 78-659 of its Zoning Ordinance, requiring qualifying business, trade, and industrial sites to provide off-street loading berths sized to the use. There are no on-street loading zones in the unincorporated county; state roads are NCDOT-controlled. Cities set their own downtown loading rules.
Loading in unincorporated Buncombe County is a site-design requirement, not an on-street matter. Sec. 78-659 requires every lot with a business, trade, or industry use to provide off-street loading space with access to a street or alley, at minimum 12 by 40 feet with 14 feet of overhead clearance: one space per 10,000 square feet of retail floor area, one per 25,000 square feet of wholesale/industrial, and enough for truck terminals. Because the county has no municipal street grid and its roads are state-maintained, it does not designate curbside commercial loading zones; any curbside loading on a state road follows NCDOT and NC Chapter 20. Requirements are confirmed at zoning review. Businesses inside Asheville follow the city's loading rules.
A development that fails to provide the required off-street loading areas will not pass Buncombe County zoning review or receive a zoning permit; noncompliance is enforced by Planning & Development through corrections, civil penalties, and abatement.
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