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98 <br /> "(cl) The regulations may also provide that the board of adjustment, the planning board, <br /> or the board of commissioners may issue special use permits or conditional use permits in the <br /> classes of cases or situations and in accordance with the principles, conditions, safeguards, and <br /> procedures specified therein and may impose reasonable and appropriate conditions and <br /> safeguards upon these permits. Where appropriate, the conditions may include requirements <br /> that street and utility rights-of-way be dedicated to the public and that recreational space be <br /> provided. When deciding special use permits or conditional use permits, the board of county <br /> commissioners or planning board shall follow quasi-judicial procedures. Notice of hearings on <br /> special or conditional use permit aplications shall be as provided in G.S. 160A-388(a2). No <br /> vote greater than a majority vote shall be required for the board of county commissioners or <br /> planning board to issue such permits. For the purposes of this section, vacant positions on the <br /> board and members who are disqualified from voting on a quasi-judicial matter shall not be <br /> considered "members of the board" for calculation of the requisite majority. Every such <br /> decision of the board of county commissioners or planning board shall be subject to review of <br /> the superior court in the nature of certiorari consistent with G.S. 153A-345." <br /> SECTION 6. G.S. 153A-44 reads as rewritten: <br /> "§ 153A-44. Members excused from voting. <br /> The board may excuse a member from voting, but only upon questions involving the <br /> member's own financial interest or official conduct or on matters on which the member is <br /> prohibited from voting under G.S. 14-234, 153A-340(g), or 153A 3^- el- 6I A-388(e)(2). <br /> For purposes of this section, the question of the compensation and allowances of members of <br /> the board does not involve a member's own financial interest or official conduct." <br /> SECTION 7. G.S. 153A-336(a)reads as rewritten: <br /> "(a) When a subdivision ordinance adopted under this Part provides that the decision <br /> whether to approve or deny a preliminary or final subdivision plat is to be made by a board of <br /> commissioners or a planning board, other than a planning board comprised solely of members <br /> of a county planning staff, and the ordinance authorizes the board of commissioners or <br /> planning board to make a quasi-judicial decision in deciding whether to approve the <br /> subdivision plat, then that quasi-judicial decision of the board of commissioners or planning <br /> board shall be subject to review by the superior court by proceedings in the nature of certiorari. <br /> The provisions of G.S. 153A-340(f), 153A 345(e4,160A-388(e2�(21, and 153A-349 shall <br /> apply to those appeals." <br /> SECTION 8. G.S. 153A-340(cl)reads as rewritten: <br /> "(cl) The regulations may also provide that the board of adjustment, the planning board, <br /> or the board of commissioners may issue special use permits or conditional use permits in the <br /> classes of cases or situations and in accordance with the principles, conditions, safeguards, and <br /> procedures specified therein and may impose reasonable and appropriate conditions and <br /> safeguards upon these permits. Where appropriate, the conditions may include requirements <br /> that street and utility rights-of-way be dedicated to the public and that recreational space be <br /> provided. When deciding special use permits or conditional use permits, the board of county <br /> commissioners or planning board shall follow quasi-judicial procedures. No vote greater than a <br /> majority vote shall be required for the board of county commissioners or planning board to <br /> issue such permits. For the purposes of this section, vacant positions on the board and members <br /> who are disqualified from voting on a quasi-judicial matter shall not be considered "members <br /> of the board" for calculation of the requisite majority. Every such decision of the board of <br /> county commissioners or planning board shall be subject to review of the superior court in the <br /> nature of certiorari consistent with G.S.153A G.S. 160A-388." <br /> SECTION 9. G.S. 153A-349(c)is repealed. <br /> SECTION 10. G.S. 153A-349.8(c) reads as rewritten: <br /> "(c) If the developer fails to cure the material breach within the time given, then the local <br /> government unilaterally may terminate or modify the development agreement; provided, the <br /> notice of termination or modification may be appealed to the board of adjustment in the manner <br /> provided by G.S. 153 }G.S. 160A-388(bl)." <br /> SECTION 11. G.S. 160A-75 reads as rewritten: <br /> "§ 160A-75. Voting. <br /> No member shall be excused from voting except upon matters involving the consideration <br /> of the member's own financial interest or official conduct or on matters on which the member is <br /> prohibited from voting under G.S. 14-234, 160A-381(d), or 160A 388(el 160A-388(e)(2). In <br /> all other cases, a failure to vote by a member who is physically present in the council chamber, <br /> Page 6 Session Law 2013-126 SL201 `� �' <br />