Industrial district

Asheville CI Zoning: Commercial Industrial District

A mixed commercial and industrial district providing for light manufacturing, wholesale, warehousing, services, retail sales, offices, and residential uses where environmental conditions and urban infrastructure are adequate to support such development.

1,689 ac

mapped in this district

6.1%

of Asheville's districted land

governing sections

shared rules that apply

Where CI's rules live

The district's own sections in Asheville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7 (Unified Development Ordinance):

§7-8-20

Shared rules that apply in CI

Table of permitted uses (use-by-district matrix) §7-8-1(d)41 of 41 districts

Parking, loading, and access standards §7-11-241 of 41 districts

Landscape and buffering standards §7-11-341 of 41 districts

Open space standards §7-11-440 of 41 districts

Sidewalk requirements §7-11-831 of 41 districts

Other industrial districts in Asheville

IND Industrial District LI Light Industrial District

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Sources: Asheville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7 (Unified Development Ordinance); City of Asheville “Zoning Districts” layer, last edited Oct 21, 2026. Research only, not legal advice. Back to Asheville zoning.