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Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting

Town of Hillsborough · Board of Adjustment
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 6:00 pm

Regular meeting Housing and affordabilitySubdivision and site plansZoning text amendment

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What's on this agenda

The Board of Adjustment holds an evidentiary hearing on a special use permit modification for Auman Village at Meadowlands, a Habitat for Humanity property at 1314 US 70-A East, seeking a waiver from the town's 250-foot driveway separation rule. It separately takes up a three-year extension request for the special use permit at Collins Ridge Phase 2, which is set to expire February 14, 2026.

Both are individual land-use case decisions rather than policy items.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The Board of Adjustment approved a waiver letting Auman Village at Meadowlands connect a driveway within 220 feet of US 70-A East, short of the 250-foot separation the Unified Development Ordinance normally requires. Senior Planner Tom King, presenting the staff report, said the connection would give residents a second way in and out and let people walk or bike between Auman Village and the adjoining Meadowlands development; King also told the board the town's Street Manual classifies US 70-A East as an arterial road, though the minutes note the state Department of Transportation classifies it as a collector, as King's own staff report had. Emilee Collins, representing applicant 640 Meadowlands Drive LLC, said a second access point would help connectivity between the two developments. Richard Turlington, representing property owner Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, told the board the owner had no objection. The board made all four required special-use-permit findings and then approved the modification and waiver.

The board also granted developer DR Horton, through McAdams engineer Brad Rhinehalt and DR Horton entitlements manager Jonathan Cooper, a three-year extension, to February 14, 2029, of the special use permit for Collins Ridge Phase 2 at 256 and 258 Orange Grove Street. Town Attorney Bob Hornik said the applicant could otherwise have sought a vested-rights determination based on money already spent on the project. The board separately approved the December 10, 2025 minutes, and Senior Planner Tom King reported the town's Unified Development Ordinance rewrite is still underway.

How the votes went

Case BA-01-2026 (Auman Village at Meadowlands): the board found each of the four special-use-permit requirements met, 5-0 on each of the four findings, then approved the permit modification and driveway waiver, 5-0. Case BA-02-2026 (Collins Ridge Phase 2): the three-year permit extension passed 5-0. The board also approved the December 10, 2025 minutes, 5-0, after approving the night's agenda, 6-0. No vote drew a dissent.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (4)

Minutes approval · 1Public hearing · 1Other · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 3.A Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Approve draft minutes from the December 10, 2025 meeting.
  2. 4.A Case BA-01-2026: Auman Village at Meadowlands
    Public hearing Housing and affordabilitySubdivision and site plans
    Quasi-judicial evidentiary hearing on a special use permit modification at 1314 US 70-A East, requesting a waiver from the 250-foot driveway separation requirement. Applicant is 640 Meadowlands Drive, LLC; property owner is Habitat for Humanity of Orange County.
    • 640 Meadowlands Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9874-81-6134 · Habitat for Humanity Orange County NC INC · assessed $104,600
    • Pin 9874-81-8049 · Habitat for Humanity Orange County NC INC · assessed $161,800
    • Pin 9874-80-9603 · Habitat for Humanity Orange County NC INC · assessed $326,300
  3. 5.A Case BA-02-2026: Collins Ridge Phase 2
    Other Housing and affordabilitySubdivision and site plans
    Request for a three-year extension of the special use permit at 256 and 258 Orange Grove Street, which is due to expire February 14, 2026. Applicant is McAdams on behalf of property owner SFTEN, LLC.
  4. 6 Committee and staff reports
    Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
    Routine committee and staff reports.

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