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5 <br />Mission /Scope: Public Hearing process consistent with NC State Statutes and <br />Orange County ordinance requirements <br />a. Planning Board Review: <br />January 4, 2012 — Ordinance Review Committee (ORC). The Board did not offer <br />any comment on the proposed modification at the meeting. <br />March 7, 2012 (recommendation) <br />b. Advisory Boards: <br />c. Local Government Review: <br />d. Notice Requirements <br />Legal advertisement will be published on February 15 and 22, 2012. <br />e. Outreach: <br />❑ General Public: Consistent with NC General Statutes and Orange County <br />requirements <br />❑ Small Area Plan Workgroup: <br />❑ Other: <br />3. FISCAL IMPACT <br />Consideration and approval will not create the need for additional funding for the <br />provision of County services. Costs for the required legal advertisement will be paid <br />from FY2011 -12 Departmental funds budgeted for this purpose. Existing Planning <br />staff included in the Departmental staffing budget will accomplish the work required <br />to process this amendment. <br />D. AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS <br />As required under Section 2.8.5 of the Unified Development Ordinance, the Planning <br />Director is required to: `cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based upon <br />that analysis, prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board and <br />the Board of County Commissioners'. <br />The amendment will ensure that local regulations are consistent with State law. As a <br />result of Session Law 2011 -408 political signs shall be allowed within the rights -of -way <br />of the State highway system. It also addresses an enforcement problem that staff has <br />wrestled with in the past over the removal of political signs from the right -of -way. <br />