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100 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date April 1. 1985 Action Agenda Item # J-JJ SUBJECT: ' ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT-ARTICLE 2-APPEAL OF DECISION OF ZONING OFFICER (TIME LIMITATION) DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No Attachment(s) : Information Contact: SUSAN SMITH 11/26/84 Public Hearing Minutes Draft 3/18/85 Planning Board Minutes Telephone Numbers' Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 PURPOSE: To consider an amendment to the Orange County Zoning . Ordinance which would amend Section 2.3.7.2 to extend the time period within which an appeal for an interpretation of a determination by the Zoning Officer may be filed from fourteen (14) to thirty (30) days for approval. This item was ptesented to public hearing on November 26, 1984. NEED: Recently, an appeal was filed with the Board of Adjustment regarding the issuance of a building and zoning compliance permit to allow the expansion of a greenhouse.' The appeal pointed to the fact that the 14-day period within which an appeal must be filed was too short, given that little or no construction activity may occur within such a limited time frame. The N. C. State Building Code allows a 10-day appeal period to the Commissioner of Insurance or Department of Labor, or a 30- day appeal time if the appeal is to the Wading Code Council. IMPACT: The present Zoning Ordinance permits a 30-day appeal period (to the courts to appeal a decision by the Board of Adjudtment. Similar provisions are contained in both the Chapel Hill and Carrboro districts. Furthermore, both Chapel Hill and Carrboro ordinances allow a 30-day period to appeal the decision of the Zoning Officer.