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Board of Adjustment receives training on quasi‑judicial hearings, recusal and UDO procedures
Summary
At a February training session, Chad Meadows reviewed North Carolina land‑use law relevant to Clayton’s Board of Adjustment, including due process under the 14th Amendment, Chapter 160D authorities, unified development ordinance procedures, special‑use and variance standards, standing, evidence rules and best practices for hearings.
Chad Meadows, chair of the Durham Board of Adjustment, led a training session for the Clayton Board of Adjustment on the town’s quasi‑judicial hearing process and the legal standards that guide appeals, special‑use permits and variances.
Meadows told board members that the board’s authority flows from constitutional protections and state law. “Everybody in The United States has 2 fundamental rights, that are relevant to the development review process ... the first of those is due process and the second 1 is equal protection,” he said, framing the board’s role as a check on administrative decisions and a guarantor of impartial hearings.
The training focused on the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) adopted by the town, citations in Chapter 160D of the North Carolina General Statutes, and the step‑by‑step procedure for evidentiary hearings. Meadows described three categories of cases the board decides: appeals of administrative decisions, special‑use permits and variances. He reviewed procedural…
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