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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.7: Special Use Permits Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-21 2.7.5 Neighborhood Information Meeting (A) Before a Public Hearing may be held for a Special Use the applicant is required to schedule a minimum of one neighborhood information meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to obtain surrounding property owner input and comments on the proposed development project and allow staff an opportunity to explain the review process associated with the request. (B) The applicant shall obtain property owner mailing address information from the Orange County Planning Department, which shall utilize Orange County Land Records data, and shall mail certified notices of the meeting date and time to each property owner within 500 one thousand 20 feet of the property for which a Special Use has been requested. (C) The applicant shall mail notice of the Neighborhood Information Meeting a minimum of 14 days prior to the date of the meeting. (D) The applicant shall post a sign on the property advertising the date, place, and time of the meeting a minimum of 10 days prior to the date of the meeting. (E) The meeting shall be held a minimum of 45 days prior to the date of the Public Hearing. (F) Neighborhood information meetings for telecommunication facilities shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10.8 (B) (2). 2.7.6 Notice Requirements for Class A Special Use Permits (A) The Planning Director shall give notice of the date, time and place of the Planning Board meeting at which the Planning Board is scheduled to review a Special Use Permit application. (1) Written notice shall be sent by first class mail to all adjacent property owners not less than ten days before the Planning Board meeting date. Adjacent property owners are those whose property lies within five hundred one thousand feet of the affected property and whose names and addresses are currently listed in the Orange County tax records. (2) The Planning Director shall post on the affected property a notice of the Planning Board meeting at least ten days prior to the date of said meeting. (3) Notices may be combined with notice of the Neighborhood Information Meeting required in Section 2.7.5. (B) The Planning Director shall give public notice of the date, time and place of the public hearing to be held to receive comments, evidence in the form of 21 testimony and exhibits pertaining to the application for a Special Use. staff members to administer, interpret, and enforce the UDO; the term Planning Director is used throughout the UDO for consistency). 20 As a result of comments made at the September 8, 2015 public hearing, the notification boundary is proposed to be expanded from 500 feet to 1,000 feet. 21 The Staff Attorney has suggested this language modification since SUP applications are quasi-judicial in nature and require testimony rather than comments. 75