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64 <br /> (A) The Planning Board shall allow public comments at its meeting and those comments <br /> shall be taken into consideration by the Planning Board in making its recommendation. <br /> (B) The Planning Board's action on an application shall be one of the following: <br /> (1) Recommend approval, <br /> (2) Recommend denial, <br /> (3) Recommend approval but with specified changes, or <br /> (4) Recommend the Planning Board be given extended time to consider the matter. <br /> (C) In making its recommendation, the Planning Board shall also approve a statement <br /> describing whether its action is consistent with an adopted comprehensive plan or any <br /> other officially adopted plan that is applicable, and briefly explain why the board <br /> considers the action taken to be reasonable and in the public interest.38 <br /> (D) Should the Planning Board fail to make a recommendation prior to the quarterly public <br /> hearing, the application shall be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners <br /> without a Planning Board recommendation.39 <br /> 2.8.9 Action by Board of County Commissioners <br /> (A) The Board of County Commissioners shall <br /> oM&Ad-MAAt „n+i' hold a public hearing after the Planning Board either makes its <br /> recommendation or takes no action on the application <br /> within 30 days if its referral. <br /> (B) <br /> by the AaRRORg BGaFGI in making its ronnmmonrlo4inn <br /> (C) After the Board of County Commissioners closes the public hearing, the Board of County <br /> Commissioners shall do one of the following: <br /> (1) defer a decision to a later Board of County Commissioners meeting date, or <br /> (2) make a decision. <br /> (D) In making its decision, the Board of County Commissioners shall consider adopted plans, <br /> comments made at the public hearing, the Planning Board's recommendation, and the <br /> Planning Director's recommendation. The Board of County Commissioners shall also <br /> approve a statement describing whether its action is consistent with an adopted <br /> comprehensive plan or any other officially adopted plan that is applicable, and briefly <br /> explain why the board considers the action taken to be reasonable and in the public <br /> interest.ao <br /> 2.8— Revisions Pertaining to Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Pr - ns <br /> (A) The Ero ntrol Officer shall review all of the No rolina Sedimentation Control <br /> Commission's revis the State's Mode rosions and Sedimentation Control <br /> Ordinance and, within 90 days . of the recommended revisions, submit draft <br /> amendments to the Nort ina Sedime Control Commission for its <br /> consideration a ments. <br /> (B) 50 days after receipt of the North Carolina Sedimentation Contr ission's <br /> comments, Orange County shall formally consider proposed amendments and, to <br /> 38 Required by NCGS 160A-383. <br /> 39 This paragraph is a slight modification from existing paragraph (C),which is proposed to be deleted. It addresses <br /> what happens in the event the Planning Board fails to make a recommendation (namely,that the process moves <br /> forward without a Planning Board recommendation). <br /> 40 Required by NCGS 160A-383. <br />