Judge: Montreat board members' ties to MRA force overturning of lodge approval
Judge Peter Knight has handed down a written order overturning the MRA's special use permit.
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Judge Peter Knight has handed down a written order overturning the MRA's special use permit.
A superior court judge has overturned the Montreat Board of Adjustment's grant of a special use permit for the MRA to build a new lodge.
The MRA has started to prepare buildings on the site of the proposed lodge for "eventual demolition." Opponents call this "shocking."
The Mountain Retreat Association privately owns much of the hiking trails in Montreat and pays to maintain them.
A brief has been filed with the Buncombe County Superior Court against the proposed MRA ldoge and the town of Montreat.