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1: <br />Article 2: Procedures <br />Section 2.8: Zoning Atlas and Unified Development Ordinance Amendments <br />2.8Y, Notice of Public Hearings <br />(A Notice of the public hearing to review the application and receive public c ment shall be <br />blished at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the c nty, stating the <br />tim d place of the hearing and the substance of the proposed endment. <br />(B) Said notic all appear in said newspaper for two succes ` e weeks with the first notice <br />appearing not than ten days nor more than 25 da efore the date set for the public <br />hearing. In compu the notice period, the day o ublication is not to be included, but <br />the day of the hearing is be included. <br />(C) In the case of amendments to zonin las, the Planning Director shall post on the <br />affected property a notice of the pu hearing at least ten days prior to the date of said <br />hearing. <br />(D) In the case of amendmen o the Zoning Atlas, ritten notice shall be sent by certified <br />mail to the affected pr erty owner and all adjacen operty owners at least 15 days, but <br />not more than 25 ys, before the public hearing date. acent property owners are <br />those whose mes and addresses are currently listed in th range County tax records <br />and who property lies within 500 feet of the affected property. <br />(E) If endments to the Zoning Atlas are proposed by the County, notices II be sent by <br />rst class mail to all affected property owners and to all adjacent property o rs within <br />500 feet as provided in (D) above. <br />(F) The Planning Director shall certify the mailing of all notices to the Board of County <br />Commissioners. <br />2.8.8 Planning Board Review <br />(A) Following the public hearing, all proposed amendments shall be referred to the Planning <br />Board for consideration and recommendation. <br />(B) The Board of County Commissioners may shall direct the Planning Board to provide a <br />recommendation by a date certain. If the -Reard- of Geunty G6MMiGGiGRers does Rot F, <br />sr,heduled PIaR ,iRg Reed meetings. The date certain shall not be less than 30 calendar <br />days from the date of referral unless there' is reasonable confidence the Planning Board <br />can return a recommendation in less than 30 days." <br />(C) If the Planning Board fails to make a recommendation within the time allotted in <br />subsection (B) above, the application shall be forwarded to the Board of County <br />Commissioners without a Planning Board recommendation. <br />(D) <br />s. 12 <br />(E) Evidence not presented at the public hearing may be submitted in writing to the Planning <br />Board for consideration prior to the Planning Board's recommendation to the Board of <br />County Commissioners. The Planning Board may consider additional oral evidence only <br />if it is for the purpose of presenting information also submitted in writing. 13 <br />2.8.9 Action by Board of Countv Commissioners <br />(A) The Board of County Commissioners shall not consider enactment of the proposed <br />amendment until the Planning Board either makes its recommendation or takes no action <br />on the application as prescribed in Section 2.8.8(C). <br />11 See footnotes 4 and 5 for further explanation. <br />12 This section is irrelevant due to the practice of holding the public hearing open until a date /tune certain in order to <br />receive the Planning Board's recommendation. (E) will be renumbered (D). <br />13 See footnote 97 for additional information about subsection (E). <br />Orange County, North Carolina - Unified Development Ordinance <br />Page 2 -25 <br />Jt <br />