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April 8, 2025
1. Call to Order of the Randolph County Planning Board.
There was a meeting of the Randolph County Planning Board on April 8, 2025, at 6:00
PM in the 1909 Historic Courthouse Meeting Room, 145-C Worth St, Asheboro, NC.
Chairman Pell called the meeting to order and welcomed those in attendance. Pell
reminded those in attendance that the Planning Board Rules of Procedure state that
anyone wishing to speak must sign up to speak and that speakers other than the
applicant are limited to three minutes.
2. Roll call of the Board members. (Completed by staff.)
The County Planning staff completed the roll call of the members of the Board as they
arrived at the meeting. Reid Pell, Kemp Davis, John Cable, Reggie Beeson, Ken
Austin, Brandon Hedrick, and Susan Thompson were present. Alternate members
Nicholas Mooney and Steven Maness were also present for the meeting. Assistant
County Manager William Johnson was present and County Attorney Ben Morgan was
also present, along with County Planning staff members Kayla Brown, Melissa
Burkhart, David Harris, Cory Hartsoe, Kim Heinzer, Tim Mangum, and Janet Moreno.
3. Consent Agenda:
● Approval of agenda for the April 8, 2025, Planning Board meeting.
● Approval of the minutes from the March 4, 2025, Planning Board meeting.
On the motion of Cable, seconded by Austin, the Planning Board voted 7-0 to
approve the Consent Agenda as presented in the agenda.
4. Conflict of Interest:
● Are there any Conflicts of Interest or ex parte communication that should be
disclosed? (If there is a Conflict of Interest, the Board must vote to allow the
member with the Conflict of Interest to not participate in the hearing of the
specific case where the Conflict of Interest has been identified.)
There were no Conflicts of Interest or ex parte communication identified by any
Planning Board member.
5. Old Business.
There was no old business for the Planning Board to consider.
6. New Business.
REZONING REQUEST #2025-00022008
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The Randolph County Planning Board will hold a duly published and notified
legislative hearing on the request by PATRICIA WOOD, Ramseur, NC, and
their request to rezone 5.06 acres out of 9.70 acres at 951 Wright Country
Rd, Columbia Township, Tax ID #8723151874, Secondary Growth Area,
from RE-CD - Residential Exclusive - Conditional District to RLOE-CD -
Rural Lot Subdivision Overlay Exclusive - Conditional District. The proposed
Conditional Zoning District would specifically allow one new lot to be created
in an existing subdivision as per the site plan.
Johnson called for the first case of the night, the rezoning request of PATRICIA
WOOD at 951 Wright Country Rd, along with the site plans and pictures.
Pell opened the public hearing.
Patricia Wood, 951 Wright Ctry Rd, Ramseur, rose to address the Planning Board.
Wood stated that her daughter wants to move closer to help with her husband, who
is disabled. Wood said that they would be leaving the property to the daughter when
they died and that the daughter wanted to build a house.
Morgan asked if Wood would be installing a new driveway and Wood pointed to the
area on the site plan that would be the access to the property and that no easement
would be needed.
Pell asked if there were any questions from the Planning Board.
Beeson stated that the proposal meets the requirements of the Randolph County
Unified Development Ordinance since the property was five acres and did not have
one hundred feet of State road frontage.
Pell asked if there were other questions from the Planning Board.
Pell asked if there was anyone else that wanted to speak on the request. Hearing
none, Pell closed the public hearing.
Board members talked about minimum lot size requirements and the size of the
access along Wright Country Rd.
Cable said that he was glad that Wood would have someone to help with her
husband.
On the motion of Beeson, seconded by Hedrick, with a vote of 7-0, the Planning
Board voted to approve the request with the motions contained in the Planning
Board packet.
REZONING REQUEST #2025-00022009
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The Randolph County Planning Board will hold a duly published and notified
legislative hearing on the request by DONNA S. KILBY, Asheboro, NC, and
their request to rezone 1.80 acres at 4698 and 4684 US Hwy 220 Business
S, Cedar Grove Township, Tax ID #7658470664, Primary Growth Area,
from RR - Residential Restricted District and RA - Residential Agricultural
District to CC-CD - Community Commercial - Conditional District. The
proposed Conditional Zoning District would specifically allow an existing
residence to be converted into offices and the existing business to become
compliant with the Randolph County Unified Development Ordinance.
Johnson called for the last case of the night, the rezoning request of DONNA S.
KILBY at 4698 and 4684 US Hwy 220 Bus S, along with the site plans and pictures.
Pell opened the public hearing.
Donna S Kilby addressed the Planning Board regarding the request and that they
are trying to make the home the offices for D-Blaze and the business has been on
the property for over fifty years. Kilby stated that the home is where the business
started, and she wanted to honor the men that started the business.
Pell asked if there were any questions from the Planning Board.
Davis asked how long the business had been at the site and Kilby stated it had been
there for fifty-three years. Davis asked if there were any plans for the expansion of
the business and Kilby stated that she did not know at this time and her current plans
would be to give the staff more office and meeting space.
Davis asked if the business would be doing any maintenance work and Kilby said the
request would just be for offices and that the maintenance would stay at the same
location.
Davis asked about the neighbors and Kilby said that she had received no
complaints.
Cable asked about the business hours and Kilby said the hours would be 8:00 am to
5:00 pm, Monday through Thursday, and 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on Friday.
Morgan asked Kilby how she knew to come to the Board for the rezoning. Kilby
stated that she wanted to get compliant with zoning and by getting the property
zoned commercial, the business would be able to save over $200.00 on postage and
shipping costs with the property being zoned commercial.
Beeson said that this is a pre-existing business and they were just trying to get the
property compliant.
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Austin asked if there would be any modifications to the building and Kilby stated that
no modifications were needed.
Pell asked if there were any questions from the Planning Board.
Emily Needham, 4676 US Hwy 220 Bus S, rose to address the Planning Board and
stated that she had lived adjacent to the site for several years and there had never
been any problems and she was in total support of this family business.
Pell asked if there were any other questions from the Planning Board.
Hedrick asked about a fence along the driveway.
Pell asked if there was anyone else that wanted to speak on the request. Hearing
none, Pell closed the public hearing.
Cable asked if the Planning Board could waive the requirement for the buffer and
Morgan answered that the Board could not waive the requirement as it exists.
On the motion of Cable, seconded by Davis, with a vote of 7-0, the Planning Board
voted to approve the request with the motions contained in the Planning Board
packet.
RANDOLPH COUNTY U.D.O. UPDATES
2024 North Carolina Legislative Updates and Text Amendments to the
Randolph County Unified Development Ordinance.
Johnson presented the Planning Board with information about the required
legislative changes to the Randolph County Unified Development Ordinance.
Johnson told the Planning Board that these changes are mandated by the State and
he gave a brief overview of changes.
Pell opened the public hearing.
Austin asked about the change of "water and sewer" being changed to "utilities" and
if this change would also impact other utilities. The planning staff answered that it
would depend on the specific general statute that covered the specific item.
Hedrick asked about removing the requirement of a CVS file and a DWG file. The
planning staff stated that the information was already on the plat but requested the
information to make it easier for the analysis required as part of the Development
Impact Analysis.
Cable said that he feels good about this change as long as the information is on the
plat.
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Pell asked if there were any questions or concerns on the proposed changes. Pell
asked if there was anyone else that wanted to speak on the proposed changes.
Hearing none, Pell closed the public hearing.
On the motion of Cable, seconded by Austin, with a vote of 7-0, the Planning Board
voted to recommend approval of the legislative updates to the Randolph County
Unified Development Ordinance to the Randolph County Board of Commissioners.
7. Update from the Interim Planning Director.
Johnson informed the Planning Board about pending legislation but they could expect an e-mail
later this week and it is possible that the Planning Board would be asked to consider a resolution to
oppose some of the specific changes.
Cable stated that there were 250 bills filed in the Senate and 1,000 bills filed on the last day of the
House before the deadline.
Pell welcomed Steven Maness to the Planning Board.
8. Adjournment.
Having no further business, on the motion of Davis, seconded by Austin, the Planning
Board voted 7-0 to adjourn at 6:37 pm.
Chairman
Clerk to the Planning Board
Approved by Randolph County Planning Board
May 6, 2025