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9 <br /> Proposed Ordinance at Public Hearing <br /> currently listed in the Orange County tax records and whose <br /> property lies within 500 feet of the petitioned tract. <br /> If amendments to the Zoning Atlas are proposed by the County, notice <br /> shall be sent by first class mail to all affected property owners and to <br /> all adjacent property owners within 500 feet as provided above. <br /> (b) Newspaper Advertisement. <br /> 1. The certified or first class mail notices required above shall not <br /> be required if the zoning map amendment directly affects more <br /> than fifty (50) properties, owned by a total of at least fifty (50) <br /> different property owners, and the Board of County <br /> Commissioners elects to use the expanded published notice <br /> provided for in this subsection. <br /> 2. In this.instance, the Board of County Commissioners may elect to <br /> either make the mailed notice provided for above or may, as an <br /> alternative, elect to publish once a week for at least four <br /> successive calendar weeks in a newspaper having general <br /> circulation in the area an advertisement of the public hearing that <br /> shows the boundaries of the area affected by the proposed <br /> zoning map amendment and explains the nature of the proposed <br /> change. <br /> 3.. The final two advertisements shall comply with and be deemed to <br /> satisfy the provisions of G.S. 153A-323. <br /> 4. The amendment shall not be less than one-half of a newspaper <br /> page in size. <br /> 5. The advertisement shall only be effective for property owners <br /> who reside in the area of general circulation of the newspaper <br /> which publishes the notice. <br /> 6. Property owners who reside outside of the newspaper circulation <br /> area, according to the address listed on the more recent property <br /> tax listing for the affected property, shall be notified by first class <br /> mail pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. <br /> 7. The person or persons mailing the notices shall certify to the <br /> Board of County Commissioners that fact, and in the certificates <br /> shall be deemed conclusive in the absence of fraud. <br /> 8. In addition to the published notice, a county shall post one or <br /> more prominent signs on or immediately adjacent to the subject <br /> area reasonably calculated to give public notice of the proposed <br /> rezoning. <br /> (c) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any zoning <br /> map adoption that initially zones property added to the territorial <br /> coverage of the ordinance. <br /> SECTION THREE: <br /> 20.6.3 Fees for Notification <br />