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Article 2: Procedures 17 <br /> Section 2.3: Comprehensive Plan Amendments <br /> (3) In response to a change in the policies, objectives, principles or standards <br /> governing the physical development of the County. <br /> 2.3.3 Initiation of Amendments <br /> (A) An amendment to the Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof may be initiated by: <br /> (1) The Board of Commissioners on its own motion; <br /> (2) The Planning Board; <br /> (3) Application, by any person or agency, which accurately and completely sets forth <br /> the reason(s) for the proposed amendment as prescribed in Section 2.3.2(B); or <br /> (4) The Planning Director.3 <br /> (B) Once initiated, all amendments shall be referred to the Planning Board.4 <br /> 2.0.4;lassifisatien of A mendments5 <br /> °cennnrlarv° amenrlmenfc <br /> (A) Drinrinal Amendments Inah-dip <br /> 0) rlitinnls tn nr mnrlifinafinn f� r�S GbjGG�68 nri 6SGFc4o a� <br /> (2) nrle" "r"o��aditiAvrr StiRg oz�GtiVity RAGI°cIS wrhirhr <br /> (3) PFG PPnPSalSfnr n 4ctA-AdiRg Plan area roc 4) GXOStiRg areas that <br /> (B) Cern-nd-ary Amendments Inal,ide <br /> (2)The pyaRSOGn nGSigniaterl Plan area y.ghere the arlrlitinnal area 06 GeRtig i9n616 <br /> (3)A.nnrrentinn of an error nr nmiSSOO F <br /> /A�����enc } anfi ial nr dGri Pfi�ie maferial <br /> 3(1)through (4)are currently(A)through (D). This section has been reformatted on the advice of the Staff <br /> Attorney. <br /> 4 These proposed revisions here and on subsequent pages incorporate the discussion the Planning Board had in <br /> October, November,and December 2014 and which the BOCC discussed on May 12,2015. The cadence of the <br /> review process would be revised to have the Planning Board make its recommendation prior to the public hearing. <br /> Notices would be mailed to nearby property owners and a sign(s)would be posted;this revision will notify nearby <br /> property owners of potential changes much earlier in the process. Although the Planning Board meeting would <br /> not be an official public hearing,the public could address the Planning Board (the existing requirement for written <br /> comments only is not proposed to continue in this revised process)and the Planning Board can take all public <br /> comments into consideration when making its recommendation. <br /> 5 Staff proposes that this entire section (2.3.4) be deleted because it is relevant only in conjunction with Section <br /> 2.3.7. Rather than limiting"principal"amendments to being heard "generally"only once per year(as Section 2.3.7 <br /> does),staff proposes that any Comprehensive Plan amendment could be heard at any of the quarterly public <br /> hearings. Deletion of this subsection will cause the renumbering of subsequent subsections in Section 2.3. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-5 <br />