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ORANGE COUNTY l BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 5, 1989 Action A enda Item # SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT - ARTICLE 20. 7 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENT - SECTION VII-D-4 (ACTION SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING) DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Scearbo Proposed Amendments ext. 347 Letter from County Attorney 8/28/89 Public Hearing Minutes 10/16/89 Planning Board Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 1/9/90 Planning Board Minutes Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill -- 967-9251 PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances establishing guidelines by which information received after the advertised date of a public hearing may be considered by the Planning Board and Board of Commissioners. BACKGROUND: Evidence received at a public hearing becomes part of the public record and is considered by the hearing body in rendering its decision. Unless a hearing is specifically held open by the Board of Commissioners, new information or evidence submitted by staff, other departments or agencies, or the public cannot be considered without readvertising and conducting an additional hearing. The proposed amendment would allow for information received after the public hearing date to be considered, if it is presented in writing, and it is made available to the Planning Board prior to its recommendation to the Board of Commissioners . The amendment was presented for public hearing on August 28, 1989 and provided for the public hearing to remain open from the date of the public hearing until the time of final decision. The Board of Commissioners expressed concern with allowing verbal testimony to be introduced at the Planning Board meeting. Additional opportunities for verbal comments could result in repetition of comments made at the