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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />306F REVERE ROAD <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />`��•sr u e <br />u sx <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Orange County Board of County Commissioners <br />FROM: Karen Lincoln, Planner III <br />DATE: February 17, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: FYI - Article on Types of Zoning Decisions <br />For your information, I am enclosing the article by David Owens (with the <br />Institute of Government) that explains the difference between legislative and <br />quasi-judicial zoning decisions. Since you have indicated that the article was <br />useful in preparing for the November 23, 1998, public hearing, I will continue to <br />forward this article with future public hearing agenda packages. - <br />The proposed Zoning Atlas Amendments for Lawrence Park and Armin Lieth as <br />well all proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendments are legislative decisions. <br />The proposed Lawrence Park development also involves a Special Use Permit <br />for a Planned Development which is a quasi-judicial or evidentiary decision. <br />The following excerpt from the article outlines key differences between the two <br />types of hearings. <br />