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AN <br />Article 2: Procedures <br />Section 2.7: Special Use Permits <br />(F) Neighborhood Information meetings for telecommunication facilities shall bn held In <br />accordance _ --- the provisions <br />2.7.6 Notice Requirements for ClassA Special Use Permits <br />��� the ��bmemd the p�� <br />' ' hearing hoho held bo receive comments, testimony and exhibits pertaining hnthe <br />application for e Special Use, <br />(13) Such notice shall ha published |na newspaper of general circulation |n Orange County <br />once a week for two successive weeks, with the first notice to be published not less than <br />ten days nor more than 25 days prior bu the date of the hearing. In computing the notice <br />the day of publication Is not to be Included, but the day of the hearing Is to be <br />included. <br />(C) The Planning Director shall post on the affected property a notice of the public hearing at <br />least ten days prior to the date of said hearing. by certified mail to � o4| than <br />15 days before the hearing date. Adjacent property owners are those whose property <br />Iles within five hundred feet of the affected property and whose names and addresses are <br />currently listed In the Orange County tax records, <br />2.7.7 Notice �� ��n ����oa�� <br />Requirements fo Class B Special 0sepnrmho <br />Notice Requirements for Class B Special Use Permits shall follow the procedures In Section <br />2,12.6. <br />2.7.8 Nature of Proce�qqlngs <br />(A) The review of Special Use Permit applications shall be conducted during a public hearing <br />by the decision-Making board. <br />' Is quasi-judicial where the <br />Board responsible for rendering a decision acts much like a panel of judges. The Board <br />hears factual evidence and sworn testimony presented at an evidentlary hearing, and <br />then makes findings of fact supported by competent, substantial, and material evidence. <br />(C) The chair or presiding officer of the hearing shall swear all parties Intending to present <br />evidence or testimony during the hearing. <br />(D) The chair or presiding off |ner may take whatever action | ho limit teoUmonyt <br />the presentation of new factual evidence that Is material to the application, to ensure fair <br />and orderly proceedings, and to otherwise promote the efficient and effective gathering of <br />evidence. Such actions may include: <br />(1) Barring the presentation o[ obvious hearsay ew|denoe.. <br />(2) Barring the presentation of non-expert opinion, <br />(3) Interrupting digressions Into Immaterial testimony, <br />(4) Interrupting repetitive testimony, <br />8Q Reasonably limiting the time allotted each witness o,omoa' exem|no(ion <br />, <br />(8) Providing for the selection uY spokespersons tn represent groups uf persons with <br />common Interests, <br />(7) Interrupting personal attacks, and/or <br />(8) Ordering on end to disorderly conduct. . <br />(E) Where the Board finds compliance with the general standards, specific rules governing <br />the specific use, and that the use complies with all required regulations and standards, <br />orange county, North Carolina — Unifled Development OrdInance Page 2-18 <br />