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13 <br />Resources and the Planning Board, and the minutes of the <br />meetings at which the designation was considered to the Board <br />of County Commissioners, requesting that a joint public <br />hearing as required by Section 2.7 be called on the proposal. <br />Following receipt of Planning Board and NCDCR comments, <br />or the expiration of time limits within which comments are to <br />be provided, the Commission may prepare a recommendation on <br />the designation. A recommendation is required by G.S.16OA- <br />400.3 as is a finding that the district is of special <br />significance. <br />Section 2.7 Public Hearing and Notice Thereof <br />A joint public hearing involving the Commission, the <br />Planning Board, and the Board of County Commissioners shall <br />be held before adoption of a proposed ordinance designating a <br />historic district. The public hearing shall be advertised, <br />and property owners shall be notified, in accordance with the <br />provisions of Article 20 - Amendments of the Zoning <br />Ordinance. <br />The establishment of an overlay zoning district; e.g., <br />historic district, may undertaken according to the procedures <br />set forth in the Zoning Ordinance (G.S.'160A- 400.4). Articles <br />20.5 and 20.6 of the Zoning Ordinance requires that the <br />Planning Board and Board of Commissioners hold joint public <br />hearings on the proposed amendments. Those articles also <br />identify the notification procedures required in the case of <br />a rezoning application. In addition to the Planning Board, <br />the Commission would be present at the hearing to hear <br />citizen comment on the proposal. <br />Section 2.8 Planning Board Action Subse uent to Public <br />Hearing <br />Within 60 days following the date of the public hearing, <br />the Planning Board shall prepare and submit to the Commission <br />a recommendation concerning the disposition of the proposed <br />historic district designation. The Planning Board may <br />recommend: <br />1. Approval of the designation as proposed; <br />2. Approval of the designation subject to conditions; <br />or <br />3. Denial of the designation. <br />Failure of the Planning Board to submit a recommendation <br />within the required time shall be considered a favorable <br />recommendation, without conditions. <br />