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045 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 26, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # 4 b <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Article 8.2 Special Uses <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING x Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Amendment Mary Willis <br /> County Attorney Correspondence Extension 2583 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed amendments <br /> to Special Use provisions related to expiration, <br /> validity, and approval actions for Special Use <br /> Permits, <br /> BACKGROUND In the attached letter dated December 18, 1995, <br /> the County Attorney recommended several changes <br /> to the Zoning Ordinance provisions pertaining to <br /> Special Uses. <br /> It is proposed that the following standard <br /> requirements be explicitly stated in each Special <br /> Use Permit: <br /> • that the permit will become null and void if <br /> any of the conditions are held invalid or <br /> void; and <br /> • That the permit will automatically expire <br /> within 12 months of approval if the use has <br /> not commenced or if construction has not <br /> commenced and proceeded, unless a time <br /> extension is approved. <br />