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Zoning Board
The Zoning Board oversees enforcement of
the zoning ordinance, and reviews the ordinance and zoning map at least every
five years in order to make any necessary change recommendations to the Town
Council.
The Zoning Board maintains
relations with county and nearby municipal zoning boards
to consider potential coordinated land development
efforts and to report to the Town Council the potential
impact on the town of other governments’ zoning efforts.
The Board also oversees
enforcement of the state building code and fire
inspections within the town.
Duties of the Zoning
Board
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Hears and decides
matters pertaining to zoning map amendments, Special
Use Permits and Zoning Vested Rights.
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Hears and decides
matters on appeal from the Enforcement Officer for
Soil Erosion; such as subdivisions, site plans, and
soil erosion plans.
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Hears and decides
matters pertaining to road name changes, road
closings, right-of-way vacations, easement removals,
right-of-way encroachments, and watershed matters.
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Reviews and approves
new or altered plans for subdivisions, clustered or
attached residential development, planned unit
developments, office, commercial, and industrial
developments, and street and utility improvements.
Term
Appointments to boards, committees and task forces
are for no more than one year. All appointments end at
the Town Council’s annual organizational meeting in
December. This does not prevent an appointee from
serving consecutive terms.
Vacancies
The Town Council fills all vacant terms of board and committee members.
The board chairperson may declare a board or committee seat vacant if a member
moves out of the town, fails to attend three regularly scheduled consecutive
meetings, or violates North Carolina and/or Town of Pleasant Garden ethics laws.
Each board may recommend replacements and/or additions to its committees as
necessary. Failure to attend three regularly scheduled consecutive meetings will
not result in a council, board or committee seat being declared vacant if the
member provides a written medical excuse from a medical doctor.
meetings
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