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Town of Chapel Hill · Board of Adjustment
Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 6:30 pm · RM 110 | Council Chamber

Regular meeting Appointments and personnel

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What's on this agenda

The Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment held an evidentiary hearing on a dimensional variance request for 700 Bolinwood Drive, brought by Bryan Alston. After hearing a staff overview and the applicant's case, the board closed the hearing, deliberated, and approved the variance, directing staff to draft an order granting it.

The board also worked through a membership issue: with member Judith Miller stepping down after her appointment to the OWASA Board, the board discussed how to fill two regular seats and up to three alternate seats, and voted to recommend that the Town Council reappoint Vice-Chair Wortman to a regular seat and reassign another member.

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How the votes went

The board approved its agenda and the October 2025 minutes by unanimous vote, and approved the dimensional variance at 700 Bolinwood Drive.

Speaking at this meeting

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Agenda items (12)

Other · 5Procedural · 4Minutes approval · 1Public hearing · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. Opening
    Other
  2. Roll Call
    Procedural
    With 6 members present, quorum exists for conduct of the Board's business.
  3. Approval of Agenda
    Other
    approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice-Chair Wortman, seconded by Garza, that the Council approve the agenda emailed out on May 28, 2026. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.
  4. Announcements
    Procedural
    No announcements from staff or Board.
  5. Petitions
    Other
    None.
  6. Approval of Minutes
    Other
    approved · approved.
  7. 1. Approval of October 2, 2025, Draft Meeting Minutes
    Minutes approval
    approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice-Chair Wortman, seconded by Weiner, that the Council approve the October 2, 2025 meeting minutes. The motion carried by a unanimous vote
  8. New Business
    Other
  9. 2. Dimensional Variance: 700 Bolinwood Drive
    Public hearing
    Bryan Alston requested a dimensional variance for his property at 700 Bolinwood Drive. After an evidentiary hearing and deliberation, the board approved the variance and directed staff to draft an order granting it.
    approved · Pass · Lagoo presented an overview of the case. Bryan Alston presented his case and answered questions from the board. A motion was made by Vice-Chair Wortman, seconded by Weiner, to close evidentiary hearing and move into deliberation. After deliberation, a motion was made by Vice-Chair Wortman, seconded by Garza, to approve Resolution A, which directed staff to draft an order APPROVING the requested va…
    • 700 Bolinwood Dr · no matching parcel on file
  10. 3. Membership Updates
    Discussion item Appointments and personnel
    With member Judith Miller leaving after her appointment to the OWASA Board, the board discussed filling two regular seats and up to three alternate seats, and voted to recommend that the Town Council reappoint Vice-Chair Wortman to a regular seat and reassign another current member.
    Chair Grasty shared that Judith Miller was recently appointed to the OWASA Board and will no longer be serving on the Board of Adjustments. Lagoo presented on the options for replacing two regular seats and up to three alternate seats. After discussion, Garza made a motion, seconded by Weiner, to make a recommendation to Council to reappoint Vice-Chair Wortman to a regular seat. reassign Weiner fr…
  11. Adjournment
    Procedural
  12. Order of Consideration of Agenda Items: 1. Staff Presentation 2. Applicant’s Presentation 3. Public Comment 4. Board Discussion 5. Motion 6. Restatement of Motion by Chair 7. Vote 8. Announcement of Vote by Chair Public Charge: The Advisory Body pledges its respect to the public. The Body asks the public to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Body and with fellow members of the public. Should any member of the Body or any member of the public fail to observe this charge at any time, the Chair will ask the offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. Unless otherwise noted, please contact the Planning Department at 919-968-2728; planning@townofchapelhill.org for more information on the above referenced applications. See the Advisory Boards page http://www.townofchapelhill.org/boards for background information on this Board.
    Procedural

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