ASHEVILLE – On Feb. 20, the city of Asheville placed a bright white sign on the door of the condo building at 17 N. Market St., stating in blocky, black letters that the building had been subject to a “Zoning Decision.”
For local policy makers, the decision was disappointing and frustrating. For the residents of the building, it was indicative of a loophole around Asheville’s short-term rental laws that is “so large you could drive a truck through it.”
City of Asheville staff have determined that the developers of 17 N. Market St. can reapply to convert the building’s use type to “lodging” seven years after the city approved the project. Feb. 24, 2025.
After a multi-year back-and-forth between a group of downtown condo owners and the city of Asheville, city staff will allow the condo owners to submit an amendment to a permit submitted in 2017 to retroactively change the building’s permit to be defined as “lodging use.” This designation now turns a high-end, 13-unit condo building that…
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