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Kernersville speakers and aldermen warn state bills would limit local zoning power
Summary
Public commenters and members of the Kernersville Board of Aldermen said several North Carolina bills — notably House Bill 765 — would curtail municipal zoning authority, convert local hearings to quasi‑judicial proceedings and expose local officials to personal liability; the board has passed resolutions opposing the measures.
Public comment and board members at the Kernersville Board of Aldermen meeting on April 30 focused on recent North Carolina legislative proposals that speakers and some aldermen said would reduce local control over zoning.
Resident Matt Senn told the board he had been briefing neighbors about the bills and warned that they would limit the ability of citizens to speak at local zoning hearings and could make local officials personally liable to lawsuits. "They want to make our local officials civilly liable, punitive, and, in plain terms, make developers...give developers the right to sue our local government officials in court and make them personally financially liable," Senn said during the public-comment period.
Town staff and aldermen said multiple bills are circulating in the…
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