Blowing Rock public meetings in 2023
3 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Town Council
The Town Council approved an ordinance allowing staff to calculate certain residential front street setback reductions to avoid surveyor delays. The Council also accepted the FY 2022-23 audit and tabled a decision on Memorial Park Phase II funding.
- Approved Ordinance #2023-22 allowing administrator or Licensed NC Surveyor to calculate topography setback reductions (max 5 feet) for residential properties
- Accepted FY 2022-23 Audit, noting a general fund balance increase of roughly $900,000
- Tabled Memorial Park Phase II bid award; lowest base bid was $1,691,774
- Approved Budget Amendment #2023-22, Tax Releases #2023-05, #2023-06, #2023-07, and Tax Refund #2023-01
- Appointed Council Member Pickett to the Regional Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC)
Town Council
The Town Council approved a voluntary satellite annexation and conditional rezoning for the Blowing Rock Lodge to allow connection to town water and sewer utilities. The council also updated the dumpster ordinance and reorganized the BRAAC board.
- Approved satellite annexation and conditional rezoning for Blowing Rock Lodge
- Approved ordinance changing BRAAC to the Public Land, Appearance, and Recreation Board
- Approved dumpster ordinance update requiring non-compliant enclosures to comply within one year
- Appointed Tasha Brown as Finance Director
- Approved replacement of two maple trees in Memorial Park
Board of Adjustment
The Board adopted a resolution requiring written decisions from quasi-judicial hearings to be approved by the board before filing. The board also elected its Chairman and Vice Chairman and discussed a court ruling regarding short-term rental ordinances. A variance request for a closet addition at 143 Bass Lake Drive was heard, but no final decision was recorded in the provided text.
- Elected E.B. Springs as Chairman (unanimous)
- Elected Stephen Schiller as Vice Chairman (unanimous)
- Adopted resolution requiring board approval of written decisions for quasi-judicial hearings (unanimous)
- Approved motion to send information regarding the Frazier short-term rental court case to the Planning Board chairman (unanimous)
- Approved motion to allow Chetola, LLC to intervene as a party with standing for Variance #2023-01 (unanimous)
- Approved October 27, 2022, minutes with one correction (unanimous)