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Andrew Carlton, Director 
336-838-3951 ext. 1005
336-838-7616 
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Dylan Powell, Town Planner
336-838-3951 ext. 1011 
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Matt Grogan, Town Planner
336-838-3951 ext. 1016  
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Office Located at 
Wilkesboro Town Hall
2nd Floor
203 West Main Street
Wilkesboro, NC 28697 

Mailing Address:
Town of Wilkesboro 
Attn: Planning
PO Box 1056 
Wilkesboro, NC 28697  

"MAIN STREET AMERICA" logo with cursive gray text "2025 Affiliate" below. The design represents affiliation with Main Street America for the year 2025, emphasizing community and urban revitalization themes.

Main Street America™ has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts for more than 35 years. Today it is a network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

  Logo design featuring overlapping colorful squares with geometric patterns in blue, green, orange, and red, centered around concentric circles. Text below reads "North Carolina Small Town Main Street Community," indicating a community-focused initiative for small towns in North Carolina.

Wilkesboro is a North Carolina Small Town Main Street community, designated by the N.C. Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center. Historic Downtown Wilkesboro is charged with administering the program at the local level and building public-private partnerships to spur economic development that achieves measurable results such as investment, business growth, and job creation. 

 

  

   

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APPLY FOR A ZONING VARIANCE PERMIT 

  
In Zoning law, a variance is an official permit to use property in a manner that departs from the way in which other property in the same locality can be used.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment does not have unlimited discretion in deciding whether to grant a variance. Under the state’s enabling act, the Board is required to reach three conclusions before it may grant a variance: downtown map

  1. There are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the ordinance,

  2. The variance is in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the ordinance and preserves its spirit,

  3. In granting the variance, the public safety and welfare have been assured and substantial justice has been done.  

FORM:   

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 Zoning Variance Permit Application 
  

Please request an appointment with our Planning Department and bring any documents with you to the appointment.