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43 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 19, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. E.1 <br />SUBJECT: Potential Revisions to the Existing Public Hearing Process <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Process Flow Charts Recommended by <br />the Planning Board <br />2. September 8, 2014 Quarterly Public <br />Hearing Minutes <br />3. November 6, 2014 BOCC Meeting <br />Minutes <br />4. Planning Board Meeting Minutes — <br />October 8, November 5, and December <br />3, 2014 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Perdita Holtz, Planner III 919 - 245 -2578 <br />Craig Benedict, Director 919 - 245 -2592 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss and give clear direction to staff on whether (and, if so, how) the <br />existing public hearing process for Comprehensive Plan, Unified Development Ordinance, and <br />Zoning Atlas matters should be revised. <br />The Planning Board extensively discussed this matter at its meetings on October 8, November <br />5, and December 3, 2014. Meeting Minutes for these meeting are included in Attachment 4 and <br />agenda materials for Planning Board meetings are available at- <br />ht . The flow charts included in Attachment <br />1 depict the processes that capture the Planning Board discussion of what the processes should <br />be for Legislative and Quasi - Judicial items if the existing process is changed. <br />Staff has recommended that there be two processes — one for legislative items and one for <br />quasi-judicial (and those few instances where there is a mix of legislative and quasi-judicial <br />components, such as with conditional use zoning districts) — and the Planning Board has <br />