Note: The meeting agenda and transcript indicate the meeting was held on July 22, 2021, but the provided instruction specifies the date as August 19, 2021. This summary uses the instructed date while noting the discrepancy.
The Greenville Board of Adjustment held a virtual evidentiary hearing on August 19, 2021, at 6:00 PM via Zoom. Chair Michael Glenn presided. The board heard seven special use permit requests, all of which were approved unanimously. The meeting also included approval of the June 24, 2021 minutes.
All seven special use permit requests were approved unanimously. The board also approved the June 24, 2021 minutes. Additional conditions were added for the major repair facility (no outdoor tire storage). Staff conditions from the planning department were incorporated into each approval. The meeting adjourned at an unreported time. Note: This meeting was the board’s last virtual meeting; future meetings will be held in person at City Hall.
Mr. Chair, we're last. Thank you, ma'am. Okay. Good evening, everybody. 601. We'll get started. Uh want to welcome you all to the July 22nd, 2021 uh meeting of the City of Greenville Board of Adjustment. My name is Michael Glenn. I'm the chair of the board. The Board of Adjustment is a quasi judicial body that is governed by the North Carolina General Statutes and the City's Code of Ordnance. We conduct evidentiary hearings on requests for special use permits, variances, appeals of administrative decisions, and interpretations. Before we begin, we will just want to remind everybody of a few things. First, tonight's meeting will be conducted in accordance with the newly enacted statutes in session law 2020-3, which allow for remote meetings and quasi judicial hearings during declarations of emergency. Second, each applicant on tonight's agenda was notified before being placed on the agenda that this meeting would be conducted using a remote electronic platform. Every applicant on tonight's agenda has consented to the board conducting the evidentiary hearing on their request using this remote platform. We will also confirm tonight at the start of each evidentiary hearing that the participants in the hearings consent to the matter proceeding in the remote platform. No case is proceeding tonight in which the city has been contacted by an individual who objects to this meeting being heard by way of remote platform. Third, notice of this meeting was provided to the applicants and public in numerous ways. Specifically, notice of tonight's evidentiary hearing was provided by mail to all property owners within 250 feet of each subject property. The mail notices were sent two weeks in advance of the meeting date and within the law to provide such notice. Notice was also provided by posting signs on the site of each property, publishing notice in the newspaper, and providing notice on the city's website. Each of these notice methods were also done within legal within the legal requirement to provide such notice. The notices for tonight's meeting contained information about the means by which the public can access the remote meeting as the meeting occurs. Fourth, any individual wishing to participate in tonight's evidentiary hearing was required to sign up prior to the meeting to participate. Information about the sign-up requirement along with the information about how to sign up was included in the mailed notice letters sent to each property owner within 250 feet of each property. This information was also included on the board's website, and among other information, a link to the board's website was included in all methods of notice. No cases proceeding tonight in which anyone contacted the city to voice an objection to the remote meeting platform. All individuals participating in tonight's hearing were also required to submit a copy of any presentation, document, exhibit, or other material that they wish to submit at the hearing prior to the meeting. All materials that the city received from the participants, as well as a copy of city staff's presentations and documents were posted online on the Board of Adjustment meeting schedule and agenda prior to this meeting. All materials that will be discussed can be viewed at any time during the meeting by visiting the Board of Adjustment page on the city's website and clicking the July 22nd agenda and meeting packet link. No new documents will be presented at tonight's meeting, and all decisions of this board are subject to appeal with the Pitt County Superior Court. Finally, all individuals who signed up to participate in tonight's uh uh meeting were mailed a witness oath form prior to the meeting. Any individual planning to testify or submit evidence in the hearing was notified that they must sign the oath form prior to the meeting. We will reaffirm everyone's oath on the record this evening. All right. Uh Madam Clerk, if you would please call the roll. Yes, sir. Michael Glenn. Here. Rodney Bullock. Here. Ann Bellis. Here. Hunt McKinnon. Christopher Lilly. Sharon Evans. Here. Nathan Cohen. Ryan Purdle.