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Help Preserve the Old Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery
located at 299 E. South Street Wilkesboro, NC 28697
When: Saturday, May 2, 2026 from 9am to 3pm
Where: Cemetery located at 299 E. South Street, Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Activities: Cleaning headstones, fencing, lawncare
Bring: Gloves, eye protection, sunscreen, water
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Town of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina
This is to notify all persons that SBA Communications Corporation has filed a Tower & Antenna Use Application I Special Use Permit Application with the Wilkesboro Zoning Board of Adjustment for the construction of a wireless communication facility with a support structure on property owned by Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, identified as Wilkes County PIN 3858-20-1157 (Parcel ID 1506403). To that end, a public hearing has been set for Monday, May 18th 2026, at 5:15 p.m. at Wilkesboro Town Hall located at 203 West Main Street, Wilkesboro. All persons for or against the request are hereby notified to appear and they will be heard.
Community Partners Needed for • ABC Board • Cemetery Board • Friends of Wilkesboro Board • Historic Preservation Commission • Landscape Planning and Review Board • Parks and Recreation Board • Planning Board • Zoning Board of Adjustment •
If you have an interest in submitting an application, or would like more information, please visit wilkesboronc.org [I want to... apply... Committee/Board Application] or call Town Hall at (336) 838.3951. You do not have to be a resident of Wilkesboro to be eligible to apply.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Wilkesboro Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, May 4, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers at Wilkesboro Town Hall, 203 West Main Street, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to consider the following:
Text Amendment Application: TA 2025-02 Subject: Home Occupations
The purpose of this public hearing is to receive public comments on a proposed amendment to the Town of Wilkesboro Zoning Ordinance related to regulations governing Home Occupations.
The Wilkesboro Planning Board reviewed the request on February 24, 2026, and recommended approval of the amendment, finding it consistent with the Town of Wilkesboro 2008 Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
All interested persons are invited to attend and be heard. A copy of the proposed amendment is available for public inspection in the Planning and Community Development Department at Wilkesboro Town Hall during normal business hours.
Regular meetings of the board shall be held at the Wilkesboro Town Hall; provided that if the Chairman so directs, meetings may be held at any other place in the Town. The meeting date is usually the fourth Wednesday bi-monthly at 3:00pm.
July 24, 2024 3:00 pm
October 23, 2024 3:00 pm - moved to October 30, 2024 3:00 pm
January 22, 2024 3:00 pm
April 23, 2024 3:00 pm
Last updated on 01-06-2026
|
Town Council |
Member | Appointment | End Date |
|
Doug Setzer (Ex-officio) |
Barry Bush (Chair) | September 2024 | June 2027 |
| Sam Call (Vice Chair) | September 2024 | June 2026 | |
| Donna Riddle | September 2024 | June 2026 | |
| Gary Blevins | September 2024 | June 2027 | |
| Matthew Clay | June 2025 | June 2027 | |
| Kayla McCoy | September 2024 | June 2027 | |
| Andrew Carlton, Planning Director | ----- | ----- |
Regular meetings of the Commission shall be held at the Wilkesboro Town Hall; provided that if the Chairman so directs, meetings may be held at any other place in the Town. The meeting date is usually the first Tuesday bi-monthly at 1:00 pm.
Special meetings of the Commission may be called at any time by the Chairman, provided that at least forty-eight (48) hours notice is given to each member.
Whenever there is no business for the Commission, the Chairman may dispense with a regular meeting by giving notice to all members no less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to that time set for the meeting.
This board was formerly known as the Tree Board but was changed to the Landscaping Planning and Review Board to better reflect its duties to care, protect, pruning, planting, and replacement of publicly owned trees and shrubs in parks, along streets, and in other public areas. The Wilkesboro Tree Ordinance was enacted by the Wilkesboro Town Council in 2006, and any amendments thereto. The Town of Wilkesboro, realizing that trees have a profound effect on the quality of life in the community, deems it necessary and desirable in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare to enact an ordinance for the preservation, planting, replacement and removal of trees without denying the reasonable use and enjoyment of real property.
The purpose of the Landscaping Planning and Review Board and Tree Ordinance is to regulate the planting of new trees and shrubbery; to vigorously encourage the protection of existing trees and shrubbery, including their root systems; to regulate the preservation, replacement, and indiscriminate removal of trees and to establish procedures for fulfilling these purposes.
The Tree Board for the Town of Wilkesboro fulfills the following responsibilities and duties:
Tree Ordinance amendment review and administration;
Landscape Architecture Planning for the Town of Wilkesboro
Landscape Plan Review
Tree Removal Permit issuance
If you should need further information or a copy of an agenda or minutes not listed, please contact Planning Director at 336-838-3951 ext. 1010, 1011 or email for this information.
