Board of Adjustments

The Blowing Rock Board of Adjustments consist of nine members; five regular members, three alternate members, and one member appointed as the Watauga County extraterritorial area member.

Board of Adjustment members, as well as alternates, are appointed for three year staggered terms. Extraterritorial planning area members may vote only on matters pertaining to that portion of the extraterritorial planning area (Watauga or Caldwell Counties, respectively) that they represent.

Meetings of the Board of Adjustment are held the fourth Thursday of every month at the call of the chairman or vice chairman and at such other times as the board may determine. The board shall conducts its meetings in accordance with quasi-judicial procedures and must have a quorum for the Board to take official action. All meetings are open to the public.

The Board of Adjustments hears and decides on appeals from any order, decision, requirement, or interpretation made by the Zoning Administrator. They will also hear applications for variances, questions involving interpretations of the zoning map, and any other matter the Board is required to act upon by any other town ordinance.