ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Costco’s long-running effort to open an Asheville store cleared a key hurdle Wednesday night.
The Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of conditional rezoning for the proposed store at 264 and 274 Enka Heritage Parkway and 1455 Sand Hill Road. City Council is scheduled to take up the proposal Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Plans call for a 168,258-square-foot Costco warehouse, a fuel station with 32 pumps and 914 parking spaces. The conditional zoning would allow up to 950 parking spaces. The project also includes a 10-foot-wide multiuse path through the site…