steep-slope

Mountaintop Landowners in Buncombe County Told to Take a Hike

ASHEVILLE — In an effort to curtail the escalating trend of landowners building on steep slopes and ridges, Buncombe County commissioners voted 5-0 in October to provide stricter guidelines for those wanting to build on slopes with a grade of 25 percent or higher.

Karen Welsh

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Slope Ordinances and Private Property

RALEIGH — While steep-slope ordinances have been introduced recently in North Carolina, the earliest known example of steep-slope regulations in the United States was in the early 1950s in Los Angeles, where grading regulations were first implemented.

Becki Gray

Mountaintop Landowners in Buncombe County Told to Take a Hike

Slope Ordinances and Private Property

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