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September 8, 2026
1.Call to Order of the Randolph County Board of Adjustment.
There was a meeting of the Randolph County Zoning Board of Adjustment on
September 8, 2026, 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.
The following Zoning Board of Adjustment members were present at the meeting: Reid
Pell, Kemp Davis, John Cable, Reggie Beeson, Ken Austin, Brandon Hedrick, Susan
Thompson. The following Zoning Board of Adjustment members were absent from the
meeting: Nicholas Mooney, Steven Maness. Planning Director Kim Heinzer was
present, and County Attorney Ben Morgan was also present, along with County
Planning staff members Kayla Brown, Amanda Green, Justin Goins, and Eric Martin.
2.Consent Agenda:
On the motion of Cable, seconded by Austin, the Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 7-0
to approve the Consent Agenda as presented in the agenda packet.
●Approval of agenda for the September 8, 2026, Board of Adjustment
meeting.
●Approval of the minutes from the June 2nd, 2026, Planning Board meeting.
3.Conflict of Interest:
There were no Conflicts of Interest or ex parte communication identified by any Zoning
Board of Adjustment member.
●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.)
4.Old Business.
There was no old business for the Zoning Board of Adjustment to consider.
5.New Business.
MOORE VARIANCE REQUEST #2026-00022037
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The Randolph County Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a duly published
and notified quasi-judicial hearing on the Variance requested by Jeff
Moore, Asheboro, NC, to use the property located at 1604 Red Wolf Ln,
Grant Township, Tax ID #7669330254, .51 acres, RR - Residential
Restricted District, in a way not permissible under the literal terms of the
Randolph County Unified Ordinance. The applicant desires to obtain a
Variance to specifically allow a site-built home on .51 acres instead of the
required 40,000 sq. ft. (Property Owner: Mark Braswell)
Heinzer presented the first case of the night.
The Chair opened the public hearing.
Larry McKenzie, 1095 Bunting Rd, was sworn in by County Attorney Ben Morgan.
McKenzie stated that he owned the property and that Scott Cole, a soil scientist, had
completed the soil evaluation, laying out a new system with a one hundred percent
repair area. The DOT had purchased every other property except this one, so since
there used to be a house on the property, I thought I could put in another one. I want
to put a stick-built house back on the property, but I will need a variance since the lot
is not 40,000 sq ft.
Pell asked if anyone had questions.
Davis asked if the septic would fit on the property. McKenzie said yes.
Pell asked if putting a house back on this property would meet all the required
setbacks. McKenzie said yes, all setbacks would be met.
Austin asked if there was already a driveway on the property. McKenzie said yes.
Davis asked who owned the property before. McKenzie said Mark Braswell had a
mobile home on the property.
Hedrick asked if the mobile home that used to be there fit into the parcel. McKenzie
said yes.
Beeson asked if the lot to the south was bought by the DOT. McKenzie said yes, the
DOT bought most of the lots on that side of the road except this one.
Pell closed the public hearing.
Hedrick stated his only concern was when the Board redid the NE Growth
Management Plan. It lists the zoo connector as a scenic corridor.
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Davis asked what was to become of the land if there was no house there.
Cable stated that when we were doing the Growth Management Plan, this type of
situation wasn't even thought about. This situation has left us with a decision to
make. Let them rebuild something or let it grow up. If the applicant can build and
meet all required setbacks, that would be better than it just being vacant.
Davis asked if the sign was posted and if any complaints had been received. Heinzer
said yes, the sign was posted, and no complaints were made.
Davis said we do have our UDO to follow, but situations like that is why we have a
Board of Adjustment.
Hedrick said, with a variance, you must have a hardship, and the hardship was
created when the DOT took some of the land. Hedrick also stated that he feared that
if the DOT sells other properties, the new owners will come asking for variances to
build along that corridor.
Davis said this is a judgment this Board is going to have to make.
On the motion of Davis, seconded by Austin, with a vote of 7-0, the Zoning Board of
Adjustment voted to approve the request with the motions contained in the Zoning
Board of Adjustment agenda packet.
6.Update from the Planning Director Planning Director Kim Heinzer had no comments.
7.Adjournment.
Having no further business, on the motion of Cable, seconded by Hedrick, the Zoning
Board of Adjustment voted 7-0 to adjourn at 06:19 PM.
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Chairman
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Clerk to the Board