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RANDOLPH COUNTY
PLANNING AND ZONING
204 E Academy Street, Asheboro NC 27203 (336) 318-6555
RANDOLPH COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
AGENDA
NOVEMBER 4, 2025
1. Call to Order of the Randolph County Planning Board.
2. Consent Agenda:
● Approval of agenda for the November 4, 2025, Planning Board meeting.
● Approval of the minutes from the October 7, 2025, Planning Board and
Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting.
● Approval of the 2026 Planning Board meeting schedule.
3. 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.)
4. Old Business.
5. New Business.
SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST #2025-00022026
The Randolph County Planning Board will hold a duly published and notified
quasi-judicial hearing on the request by JUSTIN JAMES, Climax, NC, and
their request to obtain a Special Use Permit at 3566 Old Red Cross Rd,
Providence Township, Sandy Creek Balance Watershed, Tax ID
#7797891516, .94 acres, RA - Residential Agricultural District. The applicant
desires to obtain a Special Use Permit to specifically allow a gunsmithing
business.
REZONING REQUEST #2025-00022027
The Randolph County Planning Board will hold a duly published and notified
legislative hearing on the request by CAROLINA TRAVEL MANAGEMENT,
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INC, Randleman, NC, and their request to rezone 54.80 acres out of 65.71
acres on the corner of US Hwy 220 Bus N and Holder Inman Rd Ext, Level
Cross Township, Randleman Lake Protected Area Watershed and
Randleman Lake Critical Area Watershed, Tax ID #7757787799, Primary
Growth Area, from RA - Residential Agricultural District to LI - Light
Industrial District. It is the desire of the applicant to rezone the property to
allow any uses allowed by right in the LI - Light Industrial District.
6. Update from the Planning Director/Assistant County Manager.
7. Adjournment.
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October 7, 2025
1. Call to Order of the Randolph County Planning Board.
There was a meeting of the Randolph County Planning Board on October 7, 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
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applicant are limited to three minutes.
2. Roll call of the Board members. (Completed by staff.)
The County Planning staff completed the roFll call of the members of the Planning Board
as they arrived at the meeting. Reid Pell, John Cable, Reggie Beeson, Ken Austin,
Brandon Hedrick, Susan Thompson, and Nicholas Mooney were present. Kemp Davis
was absent. Alternate member Steven Maness was also present for the meeting.
Assistant County Manager William Johnson was present, and County Attorney Ben
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Morgan was also present, along with County Planning staff members Kayla Brown,
Melissa Burkhart, David Harris, Kim Heinzer, Tim Mangum, and Janet Moreno.
3. Consent Agenda:
● ApproRval of agenda for the October 7, 2025, Planning Board meeting.
● Approval of the minutes from the September 9, 2025, Planning Board
meeting.
On the motion of Cable, seconded by Austin, the Planning Board voted 7-0 to
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approve the Consent Agenda as presented in the agenda packet.
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.
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REZONING REQUEST #2025-00022022
The Randolph County Planning Board will hold a duly published and notified
legislative hearing on the request by RODNEY FERGUSON, Staley, NC,
and their request to rezone 23.70-acres on Whites Chapel Rd, Columbia
Township, Sandy Creek Balance Watershed, Tax ID #8714731586 and
#8714638166, Rural Growth Area and Secondary Growth Area, from RA -
Residential Agricultural District to CVOM-CD - CTonventional Subdivision
Overlay Mixed - Conditional District. The proposed Conditional Zoning
District would specifically allow the division of an existing lot into two
additional lots, thereby creating a major subdivision for Class
B manufactured homes and above, as per the site plan.
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Johnson presented the rezoning request of Rodney Ferguson, Staley, NC, to the
Planning Board.
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Pell opened the public hearing.
The applicant was not present for the public hearing, so the Planning Board
adjourned at 6:02 pm and went to the agenda for the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
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After completing the Zoning Board of Adjustment agenda, the Planning Board asked
if the applicant for the rezoning was present, and Ferguson was present at this time.
The Planning Board reopened the rezoning public hearing at 6:36 PM.
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Ferguson explained how he had built his house on a five-acre parcel and then
bought adjacent land and sold those parcels off as separate tracts.
Morgan explained to the Planning Board that, due to Ferguson selling the previous
two lots, this request is now considered a major subdivision per the Randolph
County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).
Pell asked if the Planning Board had any questions.
Hearing none, Pell closed the public hearing.
Hedrick stated that the plat, as presented, meets all the requirements of the UDO.
Beeson said that the lots had plenty of State road frontage.
Mooney asked about access to the remaining fifteen acres, and Ferguson said that
there was an easement shown on the plat.
Cable said he saw no issue with the request, and there was no opposition at the
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public hearing.
On the motion of Cable, seconded by Beeson, with a vote of 7-0, the Planning Board
voted to approve the request with the motions contained in the Planning Board
agenda packet.
Pell reminded Ferguson about the fifteen-day waiting period for any potential
appeals.
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7. Update from the Interim Planning Director/Assistant County Manager.
Johnson told the Planning Board that he had a few items that he wanted to share with
the Planning Board.
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Johnson told the Planning Board that proposed sign updates were tabled by the Board
of County Commissioners until their November 2025 meeting due to Chairman Frye
being absent from the meeting.
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Johnson also told the Planning Board about the reclassification of the GIS Planner to a
Senior Planner Position and which had been approved by the Board of County
Commissioners at the meeting on October 6, 2025.
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Johnson also announced that, along with County Manager Holden, they were pleased
to announce that Kim Heinzer would be the new Planning Director effective October 16,
2025. The Planning Board clapped in approval of the appointment.
Heinzer asked the Planning Board about possible online training that the County could
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purchase. She mentioned that the Planning Board could meet early to review the
videos and then discuss the content of the videos.
Morgan, along with several Planning Board members, said they thought the training
would be a great idea and would help the Board fulfill its duties.
8. Adjournment.
Having no further business, on the motion of Hedrick, seconded by Beeson, the
Planning Board voted 7-0 to adjourn at 06:43 PM.
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Chairman
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Clerk to the Planning Board
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October 7, 2025
1. Call to Order of the Randolph County Zoning Board of Adjustment.
There was a meeting of the Randolph County Zoning Board of Adjustment on October
7, 2025, at 6:03 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
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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 roFll call of the members of the Zoning Board
of Adjustment as they arrived at the meeting. Reid Pell, John Cable, Reggie Beeson,
Ken Austin, Brandon Hedrick, Susan Thompson, and Nicholas Mooney were present.
Kemp Davis was absent. Alternate member Steven Maness was also present for the
meeting. Assistant County Manager William Johnson was present, and County Attorney
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Ben Morgan was also present, along with County Planning staff members Kayla Brown,
Melissa Burkhart, David Harris, Kim Heinzer, Tim Mangum, and Janet Moreno.
3. Consent Agenda:
● ApproRval of agenda for the October 7, 2025, Zoning Board of Adjustment
meeting.
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.
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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 Zoning
Board of Adjustment member.
5. Old Business.
There was no old business for the Zoning Board of Adjustment to consider.
6. New Business.
VARIANCE REQUEST 2025-00022025
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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 CODY
RICHARDSON, Sophia, NC, to use the property located at 2976 Shawnee
Trl, Back Creek Township, Tax ID #7734460978, 4.45 acres, RA -
Residential Agricultural 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 changing the front yard setback to 28
ft. from the right-of-way, in lieu of the 35 ft. setbaTck required by Section 631
of the Randolph County Unified Development Ordinance.
Johnson presented the variance request of Cody Richardson, Sophia, NC, to the
Zoning Board of Adjustment.
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Pell opened the public hearing.
Morgan administered the oath to Cody Richardson, the applicant.
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C. Richardson told the Board that he has been trying to get into the new house since
early August and that Clayton Homes had called him to inform him of a possible
setback issue on the property. C. Richardson stated that he had contacted the
Planning Department about the setback and was told that the home had to be thirty-
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five feet from the right-of-way, and C. Richardson stated that the zoning permit does
list the thirty-five-foot setback from any roads. C. Richardson stated that he
measured the road from the center of Shawnee Trail, and it was fifty-eight feet to his
house.
CD. Richardson testified that he was given different information on where and how to
measure the right-of-way and that they thought we was okay until he called the North
Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and they told him that Shawnee
Trail has a sixty-foot right-of-way with thirty feet on each side.
C. Richardson submitted into evidence a petition (Exhibit 1) and a letter from an
adjoining property owner (Exhibit 2) in support of his Variance request.
C. Richardson testified that Shawnee Trail would probably never be widened, as the
road is for the community, and that it is a State-maintained road.
Hedrick stated that it sounded like the house was going to meet the NCDOT setback,
and C. Richardson said the home would meet the NCDOT setback, but it was the
setback from the Randolph County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) that was
causing the issue.
Austin asked if Shawnee Trail is a dead-end road and how far past the proposed
residence the road continued. C. Richardson stated that Shawnee Trail dead-ends
approximately 150 yards past his proposed residence. C. Richardson also
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referenced the pictures in the agenda packet.
Cable asked C. Richardson if he had done most of the work himself and if he had
asked for help on the setbacks. C. Richardson said that he had done most of the
work himself with help from family members and that Clayton Homes was also
involved in the construction. C. Richardson stated that he did know about the
setbacks, but did not know the exact width of the right-of-way or where to measure
the width of the right-of-way. C. Richardson stated that he tried to use the largest
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Hedrick asked C. Richardson if he measured from the middle of the road or if he
found any marker, and C. Richardson replied that he measured from the seam in the
road and that, based on that measurement, the front corner of the proposed house is
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fifty-eight feet from the seam in the road.
Hedrick asked C. Richardson if the pavement of Shawnee Trail had ever moved, and
C. Richardson said that he did not know, but that he had talked to NCDOT, and they
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do not know when Shawnee Trail became a State-maintained road.
Cable asked when Shawnee Trail was originally laid out and paved, and C.
Richardson replied that he did not know.
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C. Richardson stated that the proposed house has not been set on the property, but
that the footers have been dug.
Austin asked about the location of the well and septic system. C. Richardson stated
that the well is approximately forty feet behind the house, and the septic system is
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beside the proposed house location.
Cable asked C. Richardson if this was his first house, and C. Richardson said it was
and that he would not make this mistake again.
Morgan asked for the people in support of the request to stand, and everyone at the
meeting stood. C. Richardson said that the people at the meeting are his neighbors.
Austin asked when is house was scheduled to be set, and C. Richardson said it
depended on the answer from the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Pell asked if there were any questions from the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Beeson said that he is familiar with the location and traffic on the road and that there
is no traffic on Shawnee Trail.
Morgan administered the oath to Tracy Runyon, 2920 Shawnee Trail. Runyon stated
that he was not opposed to the Variance request.
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Morgan administered the oath to Jade Whiteheart, 3041 Shawnee Trail, and she
stated that she lives at the end of Shawnee Trail in the cul-de-sac.
Morgan administered the oath to C. Richardson’s mother, and she stated that C.
Richardson had worked for many months to get everything ready and that the
proposed home would not impact other people. She stated that everyone present
was neighbors and that no one was upset with the proposed residence.
Cable said that it seems that most everyone presentT is in support of the request, and
for the purposes of time, he requested that those in attendance present any
evidence that has not already been presented.
Morgan asked if there was anyone present in opposition to the request.
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Morgan administered the oath to Amanda McGee, 2967 Shawnee Trail, and she
stated that she lives across the road from this house, and it is possible that the road
could have shifted at some point, and that she wanted to see C. Richardson be able
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to put his home on this property.
Morgan administered the oath to Brian Richardson, 3016 Shawnee Trail, and he said
that he was the applicant's father and that he worked for APAC when Shawnee Trail
was originally paved, and that there was a junction box along the road that was too
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close, and they had to move Shawnee Trail to get the road paved. B. Richardson
said that he would appreciate anything that the Zoning Board of Adjustment could do
to help his son.
Pell asked if there were any other questions from the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
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Cable asked C. Richardson if denying the Variance would create an undue financial
hardship. C. Richardson stated that denying the request would cause a "major"
hardship and that he would probably not be able to finish the construction.
Mooney asked if anyone could confirm the NCDOT right-of-way. Hedrick replied that
the question is about the setback and not Shawnee Trail.
Pell asked if there were any other questions from the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Hearing none, Pell closed the public hearing.
Cable stated that this request is a classic example of doing what is best and right,
and he felt that if the Variance was denied, it would be more of a hardship on the
applicant.
Hedrick stated that Variance decisions are tough as the applicant cannot create
hardship per the North Carolina General Statutes. Hedrick said he thought the
applicant had not created his own hardship, and he used available resources and
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acted in good faith.
Austin stated that this request is a perfect example of why we have Variances in the
UDO.
On the motion of Austin, seconded by Hedrick, 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.
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7. Adjournment.
Having no further business, on the motion of Beeson, seconded by Cable, the Zoning
Board of Adjustment voted 7-0 to adjourn at 06:35 AM.
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Chairman A
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Clerk to the Board
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