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043 OR AN G E C 0 U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 22 , 1994 Action Agenda Item #C 3 a SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT Article 20.6 Public Hearing and Notice Thereof DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING X Yes No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Willis, Extension 2583 Proposed amendment G.S. 153A-343 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough-732-8181 Durham -688-7331 Mebane -227-2031 Chapel Hill -967-9251 PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to notification requirements for amendments to the Zoning Atlas. BACKGROUND: Effective January 1, 1994, the North Carolina General Statutes (G.S. 153A-342) allow for certain rezoning actions to be advertised through enhanced newspaper advertisement instead of notification by mail to all affected property owners. The proposed amendment specifies situations in which notification by mail of individual property owners is not required. Rezonings which meet one or more of these criteria may be advertised in a local newspaper for four consecutive weeks. The advertisement would include a map of the proposed rezoning. The minimum size of the advertisement would be 1/2 of a newspaper page. Zoning text or map changes which involve a particularly large area (such as the recent watershed protection amendments and zoning of Little River and Cedar Grove Townships) could be advertised at less cost for materials and staff time. RECOMMENDATION: Article 20 of the Zoning Ordinance requires that the Zoning Officer's recommendation be presented to the Planning Board within 30 days of receipt of an application. However, Article 20.4 exempts any application for amendments to the Zoning Ordinance by either the public or the County from the provisions of