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I think you are confusing mailing addresses with city limits. Just because a property has an Asheville mailing address does not mean it is inside the city limits.
No no, that's the map I was looking for. I wanted to see the two separated
As an additional complication, be aware that NC cities have extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ); a city can control an area typically one mile beyond the actual city limits, zoning, codes, etc.
Lately the state government has made annexation by cities more difficult but as far as I know the ETJs are still in force.
NC has relatively weak city governments; the real power is Raleigh. A law is now being pushed through the state legislature to fracture the current at-large Asheville city council into districts. IMHO, this appears to be an attempt to remove multiple Democratic city council members as they live too close to one another. The vast majority of NC cities are governed by by councils at-large. It appears that Asheville is being singled out.
The OP simply needs to ask and rely on her Realtor (experienced enough to know) for the information, which should also be included on the Disclosure form which is pre-signed by the Seller and is required also to be attached to each Offer to Purchase contract. This is the only reliable and legal way to get the information.
A law is now being pushed through the state legislature to fracture the current at-large Asheville city council into districts. IMHO, this appears to be an attempt to remove multiple Democratic city council members as they live too close to one another. The vast majority of NC cities are governed by by councils at-large. It appears that Asheville is being singled out.
KM...please do start a new thread about this. I, for one, see it as a red flag, since Asheville seems to be about the only liberal sanctuary in the South. I'd like to know more about it.
As for the jurisdictions you spoke of, I think the OP was more concerned about property taxes, than building codes.
Not sure what you mean by that, either. You want to compare the Asheville mailing area versus the Asheville city limits? Towards what end?
Yes, I wanted to figure out what was considered as city limits as far as paying real estate taxes. Of course, if you are in city limits, you pay more real estate taxes instead of being outside. Some jurisdictions call it being incorporated or unincorporated. The strange thing about the city limits, in Asheville, is that it covers other areas outside of Asheville such as Arden. When I look at the map, I thought it would just be an area around city center if that makes sense. It was confusing but I think I've figured it out.
Yes, this can be very confusing. I own a property in Arden and my backyard borders on Asheville but so far is not IN Asheville, thank goodness. A few years back Asheville tried to annex my area but they were thwarted by a concerted effort (of which I was part) to stop that. They offered LESS in services than we already had in place, in Limestone county as it is known locally, where we paid half the taxes.
In addition, that doughnut someone spoke about upthread proved to be a big problem for the Asheville annexation attempt I believe due to legalities about properties having to already border on an Asheville property for it to be considered for annexation and also the fact that they were trying to annex a myriad of areas which were nowhere near each other - and which were very unequal in economic status. I don't remember all the details any more but though it was a hard fight, we prevailed and I hope it stays that way. Buncombe County however has managed to escalate taxes since then in our area and they are now, I think, much closer to what Asheville residents pay.
The changes to legislation to prevent the kind of takeover that Asheville tried to pull in this very annexation effort were put in place very soon after that when our area elected a representative (state level) who had been very involved locally in our fight to stop this particular failed tax increase 'incident'.
Yes, this can be very confusing. I own a property in Arden and my backyard borders on Asheville but so far is not IN Asheville, thank goodness. A few years back Asheville tried to annex my area but they were thwarted by a concerted effort (of which I was part) to stop that. They offered LESS in services than we already had in place, in Limestone county as it is known locally, where we paid half the taxes.
In addition, that doughnut someone spoke about upthread proved to be a big problem for the Asheville annexation attempt I believe due to legalities about properties having to already border on an Asheville property for it to be considered for annexation and also the fact that they were trying to annex a myriad of areas which were nowhere near each other - and which were very unequal in economic status. I don't remember all the details any more but though it was a hard fight, we prevailed and I hope it stays that way. Buncombe County however has managed to escalate taxes since then in our area and they are now, I think, much closer to what Asheville residents pay.
The changes to legislation to prevent the kind of takeover that Asheville tried to pull in this very annexation effort were put in place very soon after that when our area elected a representative (state level) who had been very involved locally in our fight to stop this particular failed tax increase 'incident'.
What less services are you speaking of?
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