NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
HAYWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Concerning Amendments to the County of Haywood, North Carolina
Code of Ordinances
TAKE NOTICE that the Haywood County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 16, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. during the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners in the Historic Courtroom of the Haywood County Historic Courthouse located at 215 North Main Street, Waynesville, North Carolina.
The purpose of the hearing is to receive comments concerning proposed amendments to the full County of Haywood, North Carolina Code of Ordinances in advance of reprinting and recodification by American Legal Publishing. This public hearing was originally scheduled for the February 2, 2026 regular Commissioners meeting that was cancelled due to inclement weather.
With one exception, the proposed amendments will not be adopted at the following March 2, 2026 regular Commissioners meeting, but will be subject to a vote to move forward in the recodification process with American Legal Publishing. The entire set of Ordinances, with all proposed amendments, will then be subject to adoption in open session upon return from the publishing company. The exception is Chapter 150, Building Regulations, which will be subject to a vote to adopt at the March 2, 2026 regular Commissioners meeting.
Copies of the proposed amendments are available for public inspection on the Haywood County website (www.haywoodcountync.gov). During business hours, a hard copy is available for inspection in the Office of the Clerk to the Board located in the Haywood County Historic Courthouse at 215 N. Main St., Waynesville.
Persons wishing to be heard at the public hearing are asked to be present. The County Commissioners may adopt reasonable rules governing the conduct of the hearing including (i) fixing the maximum time allotted to each speaker, (ii) providing for the designation of spokesmen for groups of persons supporting or opposing the same position, (iii) providing for the selection of delegates from groups of persons supporting or opposing the same positions when the number of persons wishing to attend the hearing exceeds the capacity of the hall, and (iv) providing for the maintenance of order and decorum in the conduct of the hearing.
This the 4th of February, 2026.
_s/ Amy L. Stevens
Amy L. Stevens, NCCCC
Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners
Publish on: February 4 and February 11, 2026 in The Mountaineer