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O R A N G E C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 188 ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date _ July 6, 1987 Action nda Item SUBJECT: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AMENDMENT - SECTION VIII-B AMENDMENT PROCEDURE DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No Attachment( s) Information Contact: Greg Szymik 3-11 -87 Memo from Planning Director 3-31 -87 Memo from Greg Szymik Existing Ordinance-Section VIII -B Proposed Amendment to Section VIII-B Draft 6-1 -87 Public Hearing Minutes Telephone Numbers Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 PURPOSE: Consideration of proposed amendments to Section VIII -B of the Subdivision Regulations. BACKGROUND: Procedures for public notification for amendments to various County ordinances vary slightly from ordinance to ordinance. In order to reduce confusion by the general public and to insure consistency, the public notification procedures for amendments to ordinances have been reviewed to identify inconsistencies. To eliminate the inconsistencies and make the procedures uniform for all ordinances, two amendments have been developed : ( 1 ) An amendment to Article 2.3.3 of the Zoning Ordinance ( Separate public hearing item. ) ; and ( 2) an amendment to Section VIII --B of the Subdivision Regulations . The proposed amendment to Section VIII -B would require that the first advertisement of a notice of public hearing regarding a proposed ordinance amendment appear in a news- paper not less than ten ( 10) and not more than twenty-five ( 25 ) days prior to the hearing. The amendment would provide uniformity between advertisement requirements in the Zoning Ordinance and the Subdivision Regulations. Currently, the first advertisement must appear in a newspaper not less than