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Procedures for public notification for amendments to various County ordinances vary from ordinance to ordinance. To reduce confusion by the general public and to insure consistency, the public notification procedures have been reviewed to identify inconsistencies. The proposed amendment to Article 2.3.3 would require that property for which a Class B Special Use Permit or variance has been requested must be posted at least ten (10) days prior to the public hearing date. The amendment would provide uniformity between "posting requirements" in Article 2.3.3 and Article 20 (Zoning Text/Atlas Amendments). Currently, the property must be posted at least fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting date. The Planning Staff recommends approval of the proposed amendment. Jacobs asked why 10 days rather than 15 days is being proposed is being proposed as the uniform standard. Collins responded that the General Statutes require that an advertisement for a public hearing be advertised for the first time not less than 10 days or more than 25 days prior to the hearing and the 10 day standard is a minimum standard. Complaints have been received that there are so many variations between the administrative procedures and mechanisms of the Board, there needs to be more uniformity. Therefore, Staff felt. that posting requirements for public _, hearings should be consistent throughout. There were no public comments. Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis, to refer this amendment to the Planning Board"for recommendation -' to the Board of Commissioners on July 6, 1987. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. 5. Subdivision Regulations Text Amendments a. Section III-B-3 - Sketch Plan Review Staff presentation by Marvin Collins. Section III-B-3 of the Subdivision Regulations contains the procedure for Sketch Plan review of subdivisa.on proposals. Unlike review provisions for Preliminary Plans and final P].ats, no time limit is set for the validity of Planning Staff review of .sketch Plans. To prevent Planning Staff review of Sketch Plans from being considered a permanent approval, a revision of the regulations is proposed. The proposed revision places a time limit of one (1) year on the validity of the Planning Staff Sketch Plan comments and clarifies language in the regulations regarding the significance of the comments. Planning Staff recommends approval of the proposed amendment. There were no questions or comments.