Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment Meeting - October 2, 2025
Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment Meeting - October 2, 2025
The Town of Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment met on Thursday, October 2, 2025, at 6:30 PM in Council Chamber RM 110 at Town Hall. Chair Thomas Grasty presided, with staff member Taz LeGu and attorney James Baker present. Six members were present (Judith Miller, Joseph Weiner, David Nahm, James Bartow, Thomas Wortman, and Thomas Grasty), constituting a quorum. Members BJ Warshaw, Allan Fishkin, and Emilio Garza were absent. The board approved the agenda, approved the September 4, 2025 meeting minutes with an amendment, approved an order granting an after-the-fact dimensional variance for 105 Timberlyne Court, and elected officers for the coming year.
Approval of Agenda
- The agenda was approved unanimously (6-0) without amendment.
Approval of Minutes
- The draft minutes from the September 4, 2025, meeting were approved unanimously (6-0) after a notation was added to change David Nahm's vote record from "I" to "recuse" to reflect his recusal on the variance matter.
Old Business: Approval of Variance Order for 105 Timberlyne Court
- The board considered approval of the written order granting the after-the-fact dimensional variance for 105 Timberlyne Court, previously voted 5-1 to grant at the September 4 meeting. The order was approved unanimously (5-0) with David Nahm recusing himself, as consistent with the prior vote. Staff clarified that the board was voting to adopt the decision, not rehearing the variance.
New Business: Officer Elections
- Chair: Thomas Grasty was nominated for a second consecutive one-year term. Nominations were closed, and he was elected unanimously (6-0).
- Vice Chair: Thomas Wortman was nominated for a second consecutive one-year term. After confirming eligibility (two-term limit), nominations were closed, and he was elected unanimously (6-0).
Key Outcomes
- The board approved the September 4, 2025, meeting minutes with a notation correcting David Nahm's vote record.
- The board adopted the order granting the after-the-fact dimensional variance for 105 Timberlyne Court (5-0-1).
- Thomas Grasty was re-elected as Chair for a one-year term.
- Thomas Wortman was re-elected as Vice Chair for a one-year term.
- The meeting adjourned at approximately 6:50 PM. The next meeting is scheduled for November 6, 2025.
Meeting Transcript
Uh good evening and welcome to the October 2nd meeting of the Town of Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment. It's now 6 30. So the meeting will come to order. Mr. Taz Legou is serving as staff to the board this evening, and the board's attorney is Mr. James Baker. Mr. LeGu, would you please call the roll? Ms. Miller? Mr. Warshaw. Mr. Weiner? Here. Mr. Nam. Here. Mr. Fishkin. Mr. Bartow. Here. Mr. Garza. Mr. Wortman. Present. Mr. Grasty. Present. So with uh with six members, I would like to declare a quorum exists for conduct of tonight's business. The first item on the agenda is the approval of tonight's agenda. The agenda was mailed to everyone on Tuesday, September 30th. Now, before if I ask, before I ask if there are any objections to the amendments to the agenda, I did want to point out that I'm sure many of you who have looked at this agenda have noticed that the variants for 105 Timberland did in fact pass at our last meeting. So if there's any confusion when you look at the meeting notes from last meeting or the agenda from tonight, that is uh indeed what it has occurred. So with that statement, does anyone have any other questions or amendments to tonight's uh agenda move to approve the agenda? We have a motion to approve second, and we have a second. Um you please call the uh roll Ms. Miller. Approved, Mr. Weiner? Approved. Mr. Nam. Approve. Mr. Bartel. Approve. Dr.
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