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Town of Wake Forest · Board of Adjustment
Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 5:58 pm

Regular meeting Farmland and open spaceLitigation and settlements

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What was decided

  1. Approved 3.AApproval of Minutes Approved 4-0
  2. Continued 5.AConsideration of an Appeal of an Administrative Decision related to the issuance of two Notices of Violation (V-23-91 and V-23-240) at 1149 N Main St Tabled to 21 September 2023, 4-0

Read from the agenda's recorded outcomes. Where the board published minutes, those are the record — this is a pointer to them.

What's on this agenda

One matter is before Wake Forest's Board of Adjustment on 20 July 2023: an appeal against two notices of violation issued over a beekeeping operation on North Main Street, where the town says the use and an accessory structure were never permitted.

The attachments show what the argument turns on. Alongside the notices, the inspection photographs and the stop-work order posting, the file carries a state conditional farmer exemption card, a deed for a parcel in another county, an LLC's annual report, and articles from NC Extension on present-use value. The question is whether the property qualifies as a farm, which would put it outside the town's zoning reach.

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Meeting recap

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

The meeting lasted four minutes. The planning director told the board the applicant had asked for the case to be held, and members voted 4-0 to table both notices of violation until 21 September. Two of the six members were absent. There was no old business, no staff comments and no board comments, and the chair adjourned at 6:04 p.m.

The case was tabled again on 21 September, that time to February 2024, while the landowners pursued a farm exemption the county processes once a year. So an appeal filed against notices issued in early 2023 had not been argued on its merits seven months later.

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Agenda items (7)

Procedural · 3Minutes approval · 1Public hearing · 1Staff or committee report · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
    The chair opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. and a quorum was established with four of six members.
  2. 2 Adoption of Agenda
    Procedural
    The board adopted its agenda.
    Adopted 4-0
  3. 3.A Approval of Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Minutes from the 20 April meeting came up for approval.
    Approved 4-0
  4. 5.A Consideration of an Appeal of an Administrative Decision related to the issuance of two Notices of Violation (V-23-91 and V-23-240) at 1149 N Main St
    Public hearing Farmland and open spaceLitigation and settlements
    An appeal against two notices of violation over a beekeeping operation the town says was never permitted, together with an unpermitted accessory structure. The file includes a state conditional farmer exemption card and NC Extension material on present-use value, so the appeal turns on whether the land qualifies as a farm. The applicant asked for the case to be held over.
    Tabled to 21 September 2023, 4-0
  5. 6 Staff Comments
    Staff or committee report
    No comments.
  6. 7 Board of Adjustment Comments
    Discussion item
    No comments.
  7. 8 Adjournment
    Procedural
    The board adjourned at 6:04 p.m.

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