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Town of Garner · Board of Adjustment
Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 7:00 pm · Council Conference Room Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner, NC 27529

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Garner's Board of Adjustment, sitting as a quasi-judicial body, took up two related variance requests on July 23: raising the maximum light pole height from 35 feet to 75 feet at the South Garner Park baseball fields (1210 Poole Drive, VAR-26-004) and at the Garner Recreation Park baseball fields (221 E Garner Road, VAR-26-005). Both requests were submitted by Matthew Beard of the town's own Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department, each citing unnecessary hardship under the town's variance standard. The board also swore in new and continuing members and elected a chair and vice chair for the coming term.

This board hears sworn testimony from applicants and any opponents before voting, but no minutes were available for this meeting, so the outcome of the two variance requests and any public testimony on them are not recorded here. The board also expected a report from the town attorney on two unrelated administrative appeals, AA-25-003 and AA-25-004.

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Agenda items (10)

Procedural · 4Public hearing · 2Staff or committee report · 2Appointment · 1Minutes approval · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2 Roll Call
    Procedural
  3. 2.1 Swearing in of New and Continuing Members
    Procedural Appointments and personnel
  4. 2.2 Election of Chair and Vice Chair
    Appointment Appointments and personnelElections and districts
  5. 3 Minutes: May 28th, 2026 BOA Minutes
    Minutes approval
  6. 4.1 VAR-26-004 South Garner Park Lights
    Public hearing Parks and recreation
    Variance requested by the Town of Garner Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department to raise the permissible light pole height from 35 feet to 75 feet at the South Garner Park baseball fields, a 34.2-acre property at 1210 Poole Drive (Wake County PIN 1710076252).
    • 1210 Poole Dr · Garner Town Of · 34 acres · assessed $2,754,476
    • 1210 Poole Dr · Garner Town Of · 34 acres · assessed $2,754,476
  7. 4.2 VAR-26-005 Garner Rec Park Lights
    Public hearing Parks and recreation
    Variance requested by the Town of Garner Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department to raise the permissible light pole height from 35 feet to 75 feet at the Garner Recreation Park baseball fields, a 19.93-acre property at 221 E Garner Road (Wake County PIN 1711738251).
  8. 4.3 Reports from Town Staff/Board Members and Committees
    Staff or committee report
  9. 4.4 Report from Town Attorney on AA-25-003 and AA-25-004
    Staff or committee report
  10. 5 Adjourn
    Procedural

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