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S11 O R A N G E C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 26, 1992 Agenda Abstract Item # 0 -3 -,6 SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCEDURES DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: —X—Yes No ATTACHMENT(S):' INFORMATION CONTACT: Proposed Amendment Planning Director X2592 PHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Mebane 227 -2031 Durham 688 -7331 Chapel Hill 967 -9251 PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendment which would change Article 2.2.14.3 to provide greater flexibility to the Board of Commissioners in conducting public hearings involving principal amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. BACKGROUND: In April of 1988, Article 2, Administration, of the Zoning Ordinance was amended to define the Comprehensive Plan and add procedures for its amendment. Prior to that time, procedures for amending the Land Use Plan (as referred to then) were contained in a policy statement approved by the Planning Board and Board of Commissioners. When the Zoning Ordinance was amended in 1988, the procedures were incorporated into Article 2 with little or no change. Section 2.2.14.3 of Article 2 requires that principal amendments to the Comprehensive Plan only be considered once each year at the quarterly public hearing in February. Since the adoption of the amendment, few applications for principal amendments to the Comprehensive Plan have been processed under the procedures. While applications for principal amendments have generally been held in February, there have been some exceptions. For example, amendments to the Comprehensive Plan involving four township components were considered at a May, 1988 public hearing. More recently, 1992 amendments to