The rezoning request for a 1,000-unit housing development at the former Tap Root Farms site on Butler Bridge Road was tabled by the Henderson County Board of Commissioners Monday night.
The board will take up the controversial rezoning and development at its next meeting June 19.
The project includes 546 single-family homes and 532 townhomes, which is a density of 3.7 units per acre for the 286-acre site. At least 72.5 acres, of 25 percent of the site, is proposed to be left open.
Amenities, including an Olympic-sized swimming pool, are part of the plan.
Apartments were originally proposed but later removed.
The commissioners held an hours-long discussion of the project Monday night before tabling the rezoning after 10 p.m. More than a dozen residents spoke out about the proposal, most in opposition.
Those opposed expressed concerns with school overcrowding, increased traffic, noise from Asheville Regional Airport and the amount of homes being proposed.
The couple of residents who voiced support said more housing is needed in the county, and the population of the county is growing whether the housing is there or not.
Commissioners asked detailed questions of the developer for over an hour. Density, parking, proximity to Interstate 26 and the airport, HOA fees, roads, street lighting and affordability were just a few of the concerns broached by the commissioners.
The county planning board did not approve the plans for the development following a 4-4 vote in March. The issue then was handed over to the commissioners.
The original developer, Ken Jackson, is working with D.R. Horton, who would be the developer and builder of the project. Members of the development team, attorneys and representatives of the family that owns the land were present.
