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Council advances two affordable housing projects

A rendering shows plans for the proposed Oklawaha Village on North Main Street.

By Bill Moss, Published: April 3, 2015

The Hendersonville City Council on Thursday waived $227,640 in impact fees for an 84-unit affordable housing project on North Main Street, one of two actions that could lead to lower cost rental housing.

The council also authorized a special use permit and rezoning for a 72-unit project on Signal Hill Road.
Both projects are competing for approval from state and federal agencies for tax credit financing, which gives tax advantages to developers who rent the units at rates working families can afford.
Without discussion, the council agreed to waive system development charges of $120,000 for water and $107,000 for sewer for Oklawaha Village, a proposed development of 66 apartments and 18 homes the Housing Assistance Corp. wants to build on 18 acres on North Main Street across from Yon Hill Road.
The council also OK'd the zoning for a 72-unit complex on Signal Hill Road called Signal Ridge. A Raleigh developer has proposed that project.
Jewell Couch, who lives next to the proposed Signal Ridge project, told the council she is worried about traffic on both undulating Signal Hill Road and the narrow Hyder Street, stormwater runoff and the destruction of wildlife habitat. The woods there is home to two mating red-tail hawks, she said.
Engineer Dave Odom said the developer would work on the stormwater runoff.
"The city does look closely at stormwater," Mayor Barbara Volk said. "We're aware there's a problem with traffic on that narrow road, going in and out."