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A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz <br /> to refer the matter to the Pianning Board with a request that a recommendation be returned to <br /> the BOCC in time for the April 17, 2012 BOCC regular meeting; and adjourn the public hearing <br /> until April 17, 2012 in order to receive and accept the Planning Board's recommendation and <br /> any submitted written comments. <br /> VOTE: Ayes, 5; No, 1 <br /> 8. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendments -To review government- <br /> initiated amendments to the text of the UDO to revise Section 6.12.5 to incorporate <br /> recent modifications to State law concerning placement of political signs within the right- <br /> of-way of the State highway system. <br /> Michael Harvey presented this item. <br /> Andrea Rohrbacher asked if this would affect the November election. Michael Harvey <br /> said yes. This is just catching up with State law. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz <br /> to refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be returned to <br /> the BOCC in time for the April 17, 2012 BOCC regular meeting; and adjourn the public hearing <br /> until April 17, 2012 in order to receive and accept the Planning Board's recommendation and <br /> any submitted written comments. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 9. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendments -To review government- <br /> initiated amendments to the text of the UDO to revise Section 2.24 to incorporate <br /> recently passed State legislation that modified the statute of limitations for the appeal of <br /> local government decisions. <br /> Michael Harvey presented this item. He said that the State has changed the appeal <br /> deadline, and the deadline is now 60 days for issues related to the Zoning Atlas, 365 days for <br /> issues involving the UDO, and 1,035 (3 years)for issues related to an alleged defect in the <br /> UDO. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br /> refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be returned to the <br /> BOCC in time for the April 17, 2012 BOCC regular meeting; and adjourn the public hearing until <br /> April 17, 2012 in order to receive and accept the Planning Board's recommendation and any <br /> submitted written comments. <br /> The following item is not reviewed by the Planning Board. It is heard at public hearing <br /> only by the Board of County Commissioners: <br /> 10.Telecommunication Plan Map -To review government-initiated amendments to modify <br /> the adopted Master Telecommunications Plan Map (MTP) by adding 4 additional sites. <br /> Glenn Bowles showed the Telecommunication Plan Map modifications. At the February <br /> 2011 Quarterly Public Hearing, the boards reviewed the initial MTP map and then in May the <br /> BOCC approved the initial map. This is a modification of that map. The map that was approved <br /> last year was all the red and green areas (red being existing towers and green being proposed). <br /> The light green circle around each area is a two-mile buffer. There are four additional sites— <br /> two of which are County-owned sites (Blackwood Farms and the park across the street from the <br />