Using the Slope Calculation Tool

Buncombe County, the City of Asheville and RENCI-Asheville have identified a need for a tool that calculates percent slope of a designated area, identifies whether it falls into a regulated part of the county, and allows for consistency and transparency of that determination to the citizens. The goal of this site is to have an online tool that will meet the needs of staff and citizens for determining whether an area of interest requires additional consideration in the process of approving permits and site selection. The user will be provided with the opportunity to select a parcel, or draw a boundary an area of interest against which calculations of percent slope will be determined. The user will also be able to create a printable report of the results, which can then be attached to applications and/or decisions for additional action.

Step1: Select an Area of Interest

There are a series of selection methods to establish an area of interest.

• Search For Parcel Panel
• Interactively Select One Parcel
• Interactively Select Multiple Parcels
• Select Adjacent Parcels
• Sketch an area of Interest free-hand

The Search For Parcel Panel  searchs and selects parcels by the either the parcel's PIN, Owner Name or by an Address

Select the search method and then enter the search criteria, hit the FIND button
Tips for search criteria

• PIN - Enter the PIN without "-" or "."  Do not enter the ending 0s.  example: 977600539222 or 9776 to get all the parcels with pin numbers that start with 9776
• Owner - Enter the last name then first name   example: smith jason or smith to get all the parcels with an owner whose last name is smith
• Address -Enter the the full address or the street name   example: 1 main st or main st to get all the address on main st

Interactively Select One Parcel

Use the select tool , to click on the map to select a single parcel. The map will automatically zoom to the selected parcel. The selected parcel's outline color will change to blue.

Interactively Select Multiple Parcels
Use the select multiple parcels tool , click and hold the left mouse button on the map, and drag the map. All the parcels within the rectangle will be selected. The map will automatically zoom to extent of the selected parcels. The selected parcels' outline color will change to blue.

Select Adjacent Parcels

If one parcel is already selected,


Use the select adjacent parcels tool , to select all the parcels adjacent to the selected parcel.

 

The map will automatically zoom to extent of the selected parcels. The selected parcels' outline color will change to blue.

Sketch an area of Interest free-hand

Use the draw polygon tool , click and hold the left mouse button on the map,



keep clicking to add vertices to the polygon. To finish the sketch double click on the map.



The map will automatically zoom to extent of the sketch area.

Step2: Running the Calculation

Once a parcel or an area of interest is selected the Slope Calculation Tool Panel will display either the selected parcel pin number or if multiple parcels are selected or an free-hand polygon the panel will stay "SELECTED AREA".



To run the tool, hightlight or select the display and hit the RUN the button. While the tool is running the image will be displayed.
To stop the tool at any time hit the .

Step3: Viewing the Results

When tool has completed the results will be displayed in the Average % Slope Results panel.

Step4: Printing

To create a PDF report that includes:

• a map
• the acreage of the area of interest
• the average percent slope of the area of interest
• the jurisdiction of the area of interest
• the ordinances that apply to the area of interest

hit the Print Map button on the menu panel

**if pop blockers are turned on, the report page may not display automatically. The Information panel will also display the web address of the report.