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Commissioner Jacobs made reference to Section 2.2.8 and said that if someone withdraws, they should not have to wait a year. Frank Clifton said that this is a change from the existing process. He said that there needs to be a process. He understands the need to work with the development community, but this frustrates the intent of the public if the public hearings are delayed, etc. Commissioner Jacobs said that he is an advocate of the public having adequate time to weigh in, but he has noticed that staff will try and work with people right up until the public hearing. He said that if staff tells a developer that something has to be changed the day before the public hearing and the developer does not want it, he does not understand why the developer should be penalized for a year while it is reworked. Frank Clifton said that the issue is not the time but that there is continuity and a process in place. Commissioner Jacobs said that the withdrawal should be six months. Chair Foushee asked staff to take this under consideration and provide options. Commissioner Yuhasz asked about the date of the denial and if it is the date that someone withdraws or the date of the public hearing. Perdita Holtz said that it is the date of the withdrawal. Commissioner Yuhasz said that this needs to be indicated. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to Section 2.2.6-c and the second sentence, and said that it should say, "If the application is not acted upon within this timeframe." Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to 2.3.3-c and said that it refers to 2.3.1- b, which is a flowchart. Perdita Holtz said that this should be 2.3.2-b. Commissioner Jacobs said that the heading for Section 2.3.2 should be General Requirements or General Standards. Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to Section 2.3.5 and the required public hearing and asked why this was not a quarterly public hearing. Perdita Holtz said that this is the existing language and it can be changed to the quarterly public hearing. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to notice requirements for public hearings and said that as part of the County notifying the public, the County website could be used. He said that this could be part of the notification process. Perdita Holtz said that the County could not use the website in lieu of published notifications. Craig Benedict said that a lot of the notification statutes are becoming archaic. He will be bringing some ideas forward about how to be more efficient in this area. Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to Section 2.3.8-b-1 and the fully- dimensioned map, which is not defined anywhere. He asked that this be defined somewhere. He suggested having some flexibility here, depending on the size of the amendment. Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to Section 2.4.3 on page 2-12 and items 4, 5, and 6 and said that it should say "location of the proposed driveway, the proposed septic system, etc." because those may not exist at the time the plot plan was drawn. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to Zoning Compliance Permits and said that there is no reference to the solid waste process of requiring that deconstruction be considered versus demolition. Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to page 2-13, Section 2.5.2, and site- specific development plans and said that in some other location it talks about plans being prepared by the appropriately licensed professional. He thinks that this needs to include architects also. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to Section 2.5.3-h and Best Practices, Urban vs. Rural Clusters. He said that the Board has talked about differentiating traffic