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29 <br /> 1 a. Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment <br /> 2 The Board approved appointments to the Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 BACKGROUND: The Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment is authorized to hear variance cases <br /> 5 regarding the provisions of the Chapel Hill Land Use Management Ordinance and appeal cases <br /> 6 regarding decisions made by Town of Chapel Hill staff. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) appoints one (1) member representing the Chapel <br /> 9 Hill Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), one (1) member representing the Chapel Hill ETJ or the <br /> 10 Joint Planning Area (JPA), and one (1) alternate member representing the Chapel Hill ETJ or JPA. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Per North Carolina General Statute § 160D-307 and the Joint Planning Agreement, the Chapel <br /> 13 Hill Town Council is able to make appointments to these seats if the BOCC does not do so within <br /> 14 ninety (90) days of receiving a request from the Town of Chapel Hill. In January, Clerk's Office <br /> 15 staff received a request from the Town of Chapel Hill to make appointments by April 6, 2025. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Since the Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment is not an Orange County-created board or commission, <br /> 18 it does not submit an Annual Work Plan. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 The Town of Chapel Hill does not make recommendations for appointments to this board. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 The following individual and positions are presented for Board consideration: <br /> 23 <br /> NAME POSITION TYPE OF EXPIRATION <br /> DESCRIPTION APPOINTMENT DATE <br /> TERM <br /> Benjamin (BJ) Chapel Hill ETJ First Full Term 06/30/2028 <br /> Warshaw (reappointment) <br /> BOCC Chapel Hill ETJ or First Full Term 06/30/2027 <br /> Appointee JPA <br /> 24 <br /> 25 If the positions listed above are filled, the following vacancy remains: <br /> 26 <br /> POSITION EXPIRATION VACANCY INFORMATION <br /> DESIGNATION DATE <br /> Chapel Hill ETJ or 06/30/2026 Vacant since 06/30/2023 <br /> JPA-Alternate <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Tara May, Deputy Clerk to the Board, introduced the item. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 A motion was made by Commissioner Fowler, seconded by Vice-Chair Hamilton, to <br /> 31 appoint BJ Warshaw for a first full term to the Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 34 <br /> 35 A motion was made by Commissioner Fowler, seconded by Vice-Chair Hamilton, to <br /> 36 appoint Emilio Garza for the Chapel Hill ETJ or JPA position on the Chapel Hill Board of <br /> 37 Adjustment. <br /> 38 <br />