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Article 2: Procedures <br /> Section 2.4: Zoning Compliance Permits <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-9 <br /> <br />(1) Recommend approval, <br />(2) Recommend denial, <br />(3) Recommend approval but with specified changes. <br />(4) Recommend the Planning Board be given extended time to consider the matter. <br />(C) Should the Planning Board fail to make a recommendation prior to the quarterly public <br />hearing, the application shall be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners <br />without a Planning Board recommendation.17 <br />2.3.11 Action by Board of County Commissioners <br />(A) The Board of County Commissioners shall not consider enactment of proposed <br />amendment until hold a public hearing after the Planning Board either makes its <br />recommendation or takes no action on the application as prescribed in this section within <br />30 days of its referral.18 <br />(B) In making its decision, the Board of Commissioners shall consider all relevant evidence <br />presented at the public hearing and any submitted written evidence that was considered <br />by the Planning Board in making its recommendation. <br />(C) The Board of Commissioners, upon receipt of a recommended Comprehensive Plan or <br />portion thereof from the Planning Board, shall consider such recommendations and adopt <br />them by resolution, either unchanged or with modifications. <br />(B) After the Board of County Commissioners closes the public hearing, the Board of County <br />Commissioners shall do one of the following: <br />(1) defer a decision to a later Board of County Commissioners meeting date, or <br />(2) make a decision. <br />(C) In making its decision, the Board of Commissioners shall consider comments made at the <br />public hearing, the Planning Board’s recommendation, and the Planning Director’s <br />recommendation. <br />SECTION 2.4: ZONING COMPLIANCE PERMITS <br />2.4.1 Applicability <br />(A) As required by this Ordinance, a Zoning Compliance Permit must be issued before any <br />new site development, building, structure, or vehicular use area may be erected, <br />constructed or used. <br />(B) Submittal and approval of a site plan (see Section 2.5) is required for issuance of a <br />Zoning Compliance Permit except for: <br />(1) Single-family detached dwellings and duplexes, and accessory structures to <br />those residential uses shall require a plot plan as detailed within Section 2.4.3 of <br />this Ordinance. <br /> <br />17 This paragraph is a slight modification from existing paragraph (C), which is proposed to be deleted. It addresses <br />what happens in the event the Planning Board fails to make a recommendation (namely, that the process moves <br />forward without a Planning Board recommendation). <br />18 The Staff Attorney has suggested this paragraph be rephrased to make it affirmative. <br /> 71