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Attachment 4 <br />Because the UDO has been amended since these comments were made, referenced sections may be slightly off as some portions of the UDO have been <br />renumbered. <br />4 <br />Implementation Bridge - Future Phase Suggestions Planning Staff Comment <br />page 14 Explore ways to shorten review and approval processes. <br />Significant amendments pertaining economic development were <br />adopted on February 7, 2012. Staff recommends waiting to re-evaluate <br />the process until after a project has been processed under the revised <br />regulations. One way to shorten approval processes that require a public <br />hearing would be to dismantle the quarterly public hearings and allow <br />public hearings to occur at any regular BOCC meeting. This would also <br />necessitate a change in having joint public hearings with the Planning <br />Board. In some jurisdictions, the Planning Board makes its <br />recommendation before the public hearing (e.g., the recommendation is <br />based on planning principles only). Additionally, the timeframe could be <br />minorly shortened by changing current policies like having the BOCC <br />approve the legal ad. BOCC approval of the legal ad adds approximately <br />1 month to the front-end of the process. <br />page 14 Include metrics for approval time for each process. <br />page 14 Review telecommunication towers process.Staff considers this to be COMPLETED with the Telecom amendments <br />that were adopted on May 1, 2012. <br />page 14 Revisit roles and responsibilities of Planning Board vs. Board of <br />Commissioners for approval decisions. <br />page 14 Where we have electronic means to notify the public, we should <br />add those as required notification mechanisms. <br />Rather than adding this to the UDO, staff would recommend that this <br />become a policy instead of part of an ordinance. The County maintains <br />electronic notification lists, which includes the ability to be notified when <br />BOCC agendas are posted to the County website. <br />page 14 <br />Reconsider public notification requirements for differences <br />between rural versus suburban locations (in terms of distance for <br />notice requirements). <br />Staff recommends that notification requirements remain as written as <br />rural rezonings do not have a greater area of immediate impact when <br />compared to suburban/urban rezonings. The County's notification <br />procedures comply with State statutes and include sign posting(s) and <br />newspaper advertisements in addition to mailed letters to property <br />owners within 500 feet of a parcel proposed for rezoning. <br />62