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Town of Wake Forest · Board of Adjustment
Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 5:35 pm

Regular meeting Housing and affordabilityLitigation and settlementsSubdivision and site plansZoning text amendment

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Wake Forest's Board of Adjustment returns to a setback variance for three lots on the Sun Meadow Drive cul-de-sac in Radford Glen, case BOA-23-05, continued from 15 February. The builder wants relief from the maximum garage and front setbacks that the neighborhood's own rezoning conditions imposed, arguing the cul-de-sac's askew design and curved front property lines make them hard to meet.

Staff analysis says two of the four findings a variance requires are not demonstrated. Exhibit 2, prepared for this meeting, shows both setbacks can be met on all three lots without any variance if the builder uses the 10 percent administrative modification the ordinance already allows, and staff note the applicant's own car-template exhibits show vehicles clearing the sidewalk either way. A variance needs a four-fifths concurring vote under state law and the town's ordinance. The board's other item, an appeal of a December notice of violation, was tabled to 18 April at the appellant's request.

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Agenda items (8)

Procedural · 3Public hearing · 2Minutes approval · 1Staff or committee report · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
    The board opens the meeting.
  2. 2 Adoption of Agenda
    Procedural
    The board adopts its agenda.
  3. 3.A Approval of Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Draft minutes from the 15 February meeting come up for approval.
  4. 4.A Continuation of Public Hearing and Consideration on QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEM BOA-23-05 Variance Requests for 500, 501, and 508 Sun Meadow Drive
    Public hearing Housing and affordabilitySubdivision and site plansZoning text amendment
    A continued evidentiary hearing on a request to relax the maximum garage and front setbacks on three lots around the Sun Meadow Drive cul-de-sac. The lots sit on the only cul-de-sac in Radford Glen with single-family lots around its radius, and are under 2 percent of the subdivision's total. Staff conclude the applicant has not shown that following the ordinance would cause unnecessary hardship, since a 10 percent administrative modification already available under the ordinance would let all three lots meet both setbacks. The applicant filed cancellation agreements for houses that had been under construction on the street; the agreements do not say why the contracts were cancelled.
    • 508 Sun Meadow Dr · Hulsure, Rohan Shedge, Shraddha · 0.18 acres · assessed $512,444
    • 500 Sun Meadow Dr · Srinivasa, Rajanikanth Kotagal Bijapurkar, Madhuri · 0.16 acres · assessed $581,803
    • 501 Sun Meadow Dr · Nagari, Bhargavi · 0.16 acres · assessed $512,444
  5. 5.A Public Hearing on and Consideration of BOA-23-06, an appeal to the issuance of Notice of Violation (V-23-543) issued on December 3, 2023
    Public hearing Litigation and settlements
    An appeal of a notice of violation issued on 3 December 2023. The appellant asked for the hearing to be tabled to the board's 18 April meeting.
  6. 6 Staff Comments
    Staff or committee report
    Staff report to the board.
  7. 7 Board of Adjustment Comments
    Discussion item
    Members' closing comments.
  8. 8 Adjournment
    Procedural
    The board adjourns.

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