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13 <br />C. Whenever Chapel Hill proposes to amend the text of its Land Development Ordinance, <br />and whenever Carrboro proposes to amend the text of its Land Use Ordinance, the <br />respective towns shall deliver a copy of the full text of the proposed amendment to Orange <br />County not later than thirty (30) days before the date of the public hearing on any such <br />amendment. However, with the written consent of the Orange County Manager or his <br />designate, this thirty (30) day period may be reduced to not less than ten (10) days. Unless <br />Orange County files with the respective towns a written objection on or before the date of <br />the public hearing on the proposed ordinance amendment, then adoption of the amendment <br />by the respective town shall automatically effect a corresponding amendment to the <br />applicable ordinance adopted by reference by Orange County as provided in Section 2.1C. <br />Any such objection shall be based on a determination by Orange County that the proposed <br />amendment is inconsistent with the adopted Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. If a town <br />adopts an amendment despite Orange County's objection, then it shall refer such <br />amendment to Orange County with a request that the County make corresponding changes <br />as expeditiously as reasonably possible so that the town may continue to enforce within its <br />portion of the Transition area the same standards that it enforces within its own planning <br />jurisdiction. In the event of objection by Orange County as provided herein, no such <br />amendment shall be effective within the Joint Planning Area until it is adopted by Orange <br />County. <br />D. Orange County may not unilaterally amend the text of its zoning or subdivision ordinances <br />applicable to the Transition areas (i.e., those ordinances adopted by reference pursuant to <br />Section 2.lC). Amendments to the ordinances referenced in Section 2.lC by Orange <br />145