ORD-2014-043 Ordinance Approving Proposed Zoning Text Amendments Requiring Neighborhood Information Meetings for All Special Use Permit Applications

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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.9: Conditional Districts (f) A summary of utility services, including processing of (a) A schedule of construction of all elements of the pry (h) Any other information identified during th - application conference de ed essential to demonstrate t roject's compliance with these regulatio (2) In lieu of the requirements a) above, an application for a Master Plan Development (MPD) C shall i de the requirements in Section 6.7. The requirements of ) through (1)(h) a e are applicable for MPD -CZ applicatio (3) 2 pies of the application package required in (1) a ) above shall be submitted by the applicant. (4) The Planning Board and /or Board of County Commissioners may req'cre: additional information in order to evaluate and properly process the appl for a CZD. (D) Neighborhood Information Meeting 9 (1) Before a Public Hearing may be held on an accepted application for a CZD, the applicant is required to schedule, with the assistance of the Planning Department, a minimum of one neighborhood information meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to obtain surrounding property owner input and comments on the proposed development project. (2) The applicant shall obtain property owner mailing address information from the Orange County 10and shall mail certified notices of the meeting date and time to each property owner within 500 feet of the property for which a CZD has been requested. The notices shall be mailed a minimum of 14 days prior to the date of the proposed Neighborhood Information Meeting. (4) i rie api3iicant sndii pv5t a siiiii vfi ti a, piy6c;rik ii4i`.c i W51 uaW. pi A and tip° J the meeting a minimum of 10 days prior to the date of ti-, 11 (5) The Neighborhood Information Meeting shall be held a minimum of 14 days prior to the date of the Public Hearing where the application is scheduled for review and public comment. view and Evaluation of Application The review, p ing, and evaluation of a CZD application is ative process subject to judicial review he same procedures andards of review that apply to general use district zoning decisi'o (F) Approval and Conditions (1) The a County Commissioners shall take action on the _a on to ------rezone the property in accordance with the procedures outlined within Sec 2.8. 9 Originally staff had anticipated amending this section to require a neighborhood information meeting to be held 45 days prior to a public hearing to review a CZD application. As the review of this type of application does not involve a Special Use Permit and is completed through a legislative review process (i.e. no sworn expert testimony), staff has determined existing review requirements are sufficient. 10 was added by staff to address a suggestion made by Commissioner Gordon via e -mail received on November 17, 2014. 11 was added by staff to address a suggestion made by Commissioner Gordon via e -mail received on November 17, 2014. Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 2 -30