(A) It shall be the duty of the Board of Adjustment to take action on appeals to the decisions of the Ordinance Administrator; to hear and decide upon applications for conditional uses for the various districts; and to hear and decide upon the granting of variances in the various districts.
(B) In deciding any of the above, a four-fifths vote shall be required in favor of the applicant, or to overrule the decision of the Ordinance Administrator. For the purposes of this section, vacant positions on the Board and members who are disqualified from voting on a quasi-judicial matter shall not be considered members of the Board for calculation of the requisite majority.
(Ord. passed 9-3-1986; Ord. passed 1-1-2006; Ord. passed 5-6-2008)
Statutory reference:
Board of Adjustment; conditional use permits; special use permits, see G.S. § 160A-381(c)
Board of Adjustment; special exceptions to the zoning regulations, see G.S.§ 160A-388(d)
Board of Adjustment; zoning; grant of power, see G.S. § 160A-381(b1)