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Board of Adjustment defers variance hearings after quorum shortfall; members discuss attendance and alternate recruitment

3301939 · May 15, 2025
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At the May 2025 meeting the Board of Adjustment did not have a quorum for variance hearings, so variances were continued to the next meeting; members discussed alternate recruitment, possible text amendments to avoid duplicative hearings, and asked staff to follow up on notification and quorum procedures.

Buncombe County's Board of Adjustment did not have a quorum to hear variance requests at its May 2025 meeting and only heard a special-use permit matter. Planning staff told the board at the start of the session that the group had a quorum sufficient to consider the special-use permit but not the variances, so those applications were continued to the next meeting and applicants were told they did not need to…

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