H552 Summary

• Creates the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority as a body corporate and politic with seven members appointed by Asheville City Council (2), Buncombe County Commissioners (2), Henderson County Commissioners (2), and by majority vote of those six members (1).

• Grants the Authority broad powers to purchase, acquire, develop, construct, own, lease, and operate airports and landing fields in Buncombe and Henderson Counties, including charging fees and making rules and regulations for airport operations.

• Removes the Asheville Regional Airport from City of Asheville zoning jurisdiction and subjects it to Buncombe County zoning ordinances instead.

• Requires the City of Asheville to convey all its right, title, and interest in three specific parcels of the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center to the State of North Carolina and removes those parcels from Asheville's corporate limits.

• Makes Agricultural Center property subject to Buncombe County zoning ordinances rather than Asheville city ordinances.