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affected property owners and to a12 adjacent property <br /> owners within 500 feet as provided above . _ <br /> The Zoning Officer shall certify the mailing of all such <br /> notices to the Board of County Commissioners. <br /> 20.7 UtIon subsequent to 1—hl pate —01 huahlic Hearing <br /> 20.7 .1 . Fallowing the date of the public hearing, all proposed <br /> amendments shall be referred to the Planning Board for its <br /> Amended consideration and -recommendation. Evidence not presented <br /> 2/5/90 at the joint public hearing (hereinafter called "new <br /> evidence" ) may be submitted in writing at or prior to the <br /> Planning Board meeting at which the recommendation to the <br /> Board of Commissioners is made. , The Planning Board may <br /> consider oral evidence only if it is for the purpose of <br /> presenting information also submitted in writing. <br /> The Planning Board shall within sixty days after the date <br /> of the public hearing prepare and submit for the Board of <br /> County Commissioners a recommendation concerning the <br /> disposition of any application submitted by the public. <br /> Said time limit may be extended upon request of the <br /> applicant. Amendments initiated by Orange County shall not <br /> be subject to time limitations other than those specified <br /> by the Board of County Commissioners during the public <br /> hearing process. <br /> Failure of the Planning Board to submit a recommendation <br /> within the required time shall be considered a favorable <br /> recommendation, without conditions . <br /> 20.7.2 The Board of County Commissioners shall not consider <br /> enactment of the proposed amendment until sixty days after <br /> Amended the first date of the public hearing or until the Planning <br /> 2/5/90 Board makes this recommendation, whichever comes first. in <br /> making its decision, the Board of Commissioners shall <br /> consider all relevant evidence presented at the joint <br /> public hearing, and any new evidence which was considered <br /> by the Planning Board in making its recommendation. <br /> New evidence which was not presented in writing to the <br /> Planning Board may not be considered by the Board of <br /> Commissioners in making a decision unless the joint public <br /> hearing is reopened to receive said evidence, and the item <br /> is re-advertised and/or referred back to the Planning Board <br /> for recommendation. <br /> 20.8 fit srawal 21 A2211cati2u <br /> An applicant may withdraw his or her application at any <br /> time by written notice to the County Manager. However, any <br /> withdrawal of an application after the giving of the first <br /> notice as required in 20. 6 shall be considered, for the M <br /> purposes of Article 20, a denial of the petition. <br /> 20-4 <br />