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Article 2: Procedures <br /> Section 2.3: Comprehensive Plan Amendments <br /> (3) Application, by any person or agency, which accurately and completely sets forth <br /> the reason(s)for the proposed amendment as prescribed in Section 2.3.2(B); or <br /> (4) The Planning Director. <br /> (B) Once initiated, all amendments shall be referred to the Planning Board. <br /> 2.3.4 Public Hearing Required <br /> A public hearing shall be held before adoption of any proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment. <br /> The Board of County Commissioners shall hear applications and receive public comment for <br /> proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments in a QaaFteFly Public Hearing. <br /> 2.3.5 Notice Requirements for Planning Board Meetings and Public Hearings <br /> (A) The Planning Director shall provide notice of Planning Board meetings at which the <br /> Planning Board is to review and make a recommendation on Future Land Use Map <br /> amendments and QaaFteFly-Public Hearings at which an amendment to the Future Land <br /> Use Map is to be reviewed. Notifications of proposed Future Land Use Map amendments <br /> shall occur as follows: <br /> (1) Notice of the Planning Board meeting and public hearing shall be posted on the <br /> affected parcel or on an adjacent public right of way a minimum of ten days prior <br /> to the Planning Board meeting. Said notice shall contain the time and location of <br /> both the Planning Board meeting and public hearing. <br /> (a) When multiple parcels are affected, a posting on each individual parcel is <br /> not required, but sufficient notices shall be posted to provide reasonable <br /> notice to interested persons. <br /> (2) Written notice of the Planning Board meeting and public hearing shall be sent by <br /> first-class mail to all property owners, as listed in the Orange County tax records, <br /> whose property is affected or within one thousand feet of the affected parcel(s). <br /> Said notice shall be mailed at least 15 days prior to the date of the Planning <br /> Board meeting and shall include the times and locations of both the Planning <br /> Board meeting and public hearing. The outside of the envelope or postcard shall <br /> be marked "Notice of Public Hearing." <br /> (B) The Planning Director shall provide public notice for any Comprehensive Plan <br /> amendment to be heard at a QuaFteFly Public Hearing. The notice shall include the time <br /> and location of the public hearing. <br /> (C) For all proposed amendments, notice of the public hearing shall be given by publishing <br /> said notice at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the County, stating the <br /> time and place of such hearing and the substance of the proposed amendment. <br /> (1) This notice shall appear in said newspaper for two consecutive weeks with the <br /> first notice appearing not less than ten days nor more than 25 days before the <br /> date set for the public hearing. In computing the notice period, the day of <br /> publication is not to be included, but the day of the hearing is to be included. <br /> (2) The minimum published size of the notice shall be 25 square inches. <br /> 2.3.6 Consideration of Amendments <br /> (A) A proposed amendment may be considered in conjunction with a rezoning request for the <br /> same property. <br /> 2.3.7 Application Requirements <br /> (A) Generally <br /> (1) All applications for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan shall be submitted <br /> on forms supplied by the Planning Department and shall be signed. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-5 <br />