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ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
BOARD MEMBERS

Last updated 07/23/2025

Town Council
Commissions
Member   Appointment          End Term     
Russell F. Ferree  William (Bill) Myers (Chair) August 2024 June 2027
Ann Showalter September 2023 June 2026
Logan Kerr August 2024 June 2027
Ed Holland (Vice Chair) - ETJ June 2023 June 2026
James (Jim) Faw June 2023 June 2026
Jim Nieland June 2023 June 2026
Drew Mayberry - ETJ June 2023 June 2026
Doug Setzer March 2024 March 2027
John Willardson, Town Attorney ----- -----

 

 

  

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS
MEETING MINUTES

 

We use outside software to house our Agendas and Minutes called ImageSilo.
Please print this page for the instructions that are listed below. 
  

1.  An image is listed below with login information and this login information must be entered to grant access.

     ImageSilo-Login
ImageSilo Login Information:

The entity Id is 8384

The user name is user

The password is user      

The software can be assessed by clicking here and will appear in the user's internet browser.
  

 

2.   Press the Login button when user information is entered. Another screen will open with a menu on the left.   

3.   Click on the Downloads button on the left menu. 

ImageSlio-Menu-downloads

4.   Press the Install Now button for the ImageSilo Web Assistant application. Once the application is installed, continue to the next step.

5.   Click on the Available Projects button on the left menu. The user will see the folders, Agendas & Minutes of the Board of Commissioners and Town Council. The governing body changed their name in July 2004 from the Board of Commissioners to Town Council; therefore, minutes after July 2004 are listed in the Minutes of the Town Council folder.

Image-Silo-Left-Menu

6.  Click on the agenda or minutes folder and he/she will search in this folder only. The search screen is below. The user has search options by date(s) or keyword(s). If the user leaves the search options empty, he/she will get all documents filtered by dates. Look at the top center for the arrows for more documents.

Image-Silo-Search-Screen

  ImageSilo-arrows

 

HINT: Be sure to use the Clear Criteria button before entering information for the next search.

 

 

 

    

7.   Press the Search button. Another screen will appear with the search results. These results will be by dates or something that looks like this, see below. Don't worry, you have not done anything wrong. It is how keyword searches display. This screen list the date and the first page of text, which is our title page. 

ImageSilo-search full text results

8.   Double click on a search item whether it is a date or full-text search results. The document will open in a new internet screen/tab with the menu below.

ImageSilo-New-Menu

9.   For further help to search a document, hover the cursor over the options at top of the document page for more detail. Greyed out buttons are disabled and cannot be used for the task you are attempting. 

  

 

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
MEETING SCHEDULE
 

The Zoning Board of Adjustment does not have a regular monthly meeting ~ only meet when business arises. Meetings are usually on the third Monday of each month at 5:00 pm in the Lobby at the Wilkesboro Town Hall.

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Pursuant to G.S. 160A-388, a Board of Adjustment is hereby established. Said board shall consist of at least five members, each to be appointed for three (3) year terms. The Board of Adjustments is a "quasi-judicial" administrative body that operates on a level between the enforcement officers and the courts. The Board of Adjustments hears appeals by any person aggrieved by an officer, department, board, or bureau of the city. The Zoning Board of Adjustment does not have a regular monthly meeting. They only meet with business arises.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment for the Town of Wilkesboro fulfills the following responsibilities, duties, and powers:

  1. To hear and decide appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by any administrative official charged with the enforcement of the Wilkesboro Zoning Ordinance;

  2. Wilkesboro Zoning Ordinance

  3. To hear and decide requests for variances;

  4. To review applications for conditional use permits; and

  5. To make interpretations of the Official Zoning Map and to pass upon disputed questions of lot lines or district boundary lines.

If you should need further information or a copy of an agenda or minutes not listed, please contact the Town Clerk or Planning Department for this information at 336-838-3951.