This meeting will now come to order.

Welcome to the February 27th, 2025 meeting of the City of Greenville Board of Adjustment.

Madam Clerk, please give us a roll call.

Here.

Carabass.

Here.

Jermaine McNair.

Sterling Ruffin.

Nola Dixon.

Simon Swain.

Here.

Clayton Sell.

Here.

Nicholas White.

Here.

McKenzie Burns.

Present.

William O'Curry.

Here.

We have corn.

Good evening, Mr.

Chair.

The uh members present tonight, all members, all seven members present tonight are voting members for tonight's meeting except for pardon me.

Uh item number five, old business, the uh number two, with regard to that, the voting members will be Mr.

Purdle, Miss Bass, Mr.

Self, Mr.

Swain, Mr.

White, and Miss Burns.

Thank you, Mr.

Attorney.

Do you want to give us your statement now?

Yes, if that's okay.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair and members of the board.

The following general introduction to quasi judicial hearings and disclosure statement applies to all evidentiary matters for consideration by the board tonight.

To the board and to members of the public, please note that for any variance hearing, a four-fifths vote of the board is required to grant a variance.

For all other evidentiary hearings, the decision will be made by a simple majority vote of the board.

The hearings tonight are quasi-judicial evidentiary hearings.

That means that they are like a court hearing.

State law sets specific procedures and rules concerning how this board must make its decision.

These rules are different from other types of land use decisions like rezoning cases.

It is a decision constrained by the standards in the ordinance and based on the facts presented to the board.

Witnesses should provide factual testimony as to how the project does or does not meet the standards.

As a witness, all other parties have the right to object to your testimony and cross-examine you.

Ultimately, the board will determine what evidence to consider and how much weight to assign to the evidence presented.

Participation is limited.

Parties with standing have rights to participate fully.

Parties withstanding may present evidence, call witnesses, object to testimony, cross-examine witnesses, and make legal arguments.

Witnesses for a party may present competent material and substantial evidence that is not repetitive as allowed by the board.

The following persons have standing to participate as a party in the evidentiary hearing.

Number one, the city of Greenville.

Number two, the applicant.

Number three, a person who has a an ownership ownership interest in the property that is the subject of the application.

B, a leasehold interest in the property.

C, an interest created by easement restriction or covenant in the property.

D, an option or contract to purchase the property.

Number four, an incorporated or unincorporated association to which the owners or lessees of property in a designated area belong by virtue of their owning or lease of property in that area or an association otherwise organized to protect and foster the interests of a particular neighborhood or local area, so long as that at least one of the members of the association would have standing as an individual to challenge the board's decision, and the association was not created in response to the particular development or issue that is the subject of the appeal.

A person who will suffer special damages as a result of the board's decision.

Evidence of standing for a person who will suffer special damages may include proximity to the subject property, damage to property values, and secondary impacts upon the requested development.

Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 160 D 109, 160 D 406, Section 4, the Board of Adjustments Rules of Procedure and the Meeting Handout available to the public.