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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.9: Conditional Districts Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-34 (D) Neighborhood Information Meeting (1) Before a Public Hearing may be held on an accepted application for a CUD, the applicant is required to schedule, with the assistance of the Planning Department, a minimum of one neighborhood information meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to obtain surrounding property owner input and comments on the proposed development project. (2) The applicant shall obtain property owner mailing address information from the Orange County Planning Department and shall mail certified notices of the meeting date and time to each property owner within 500 one thousand feet of the property for which a CUD has been requested.42 (3) The notices shall be mailed a minimum of 14 days prior to the date of the proposed Neighborhood Information Meeting. (4) 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. (5) The Neighborhood Information Meeting shall be held a minimum of 45 days prior to the date of the Public Hearing where the application is scheduled for review and public comment. (E) Review and Evaluation of Application (1) All CUD applications shall be reviewed and acted upon in accordance with the review procedures for Class A Special Use Permits (Section 2.7). (2) The following shall be considered when evaluating an application for a CUD: (a) The policies and objectives of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan, particularly in relation to the use, proposed site, and surrounding area; (b) The policies and objectives of any adopted Small Area Plan(s) relating to the area; and (c) The potential impacts to the surrounding area including, but not limited, to: traffic, storm water drainage, compatibility of land use activities, and land values. (3) The Board of County Commissioners may attach reasonable and appropriate conditions to the location, nature, and extent of the proposed use. Such conditions may address the following: (a) The characteristics of the proposed use and its relationship to surrounding property and existing land uses, (b) The proposed support facilities, such as parking, screening and buffer areas, (c) The timing of the proposed development, (d) Architectural review and controls, (e) The Permitted and Special Uses allowed under the existing zoning classification, and, (f) Other matters that the BOCC may find appropriate or the applicant may propose. (F) Ap proval and Conditions 42 This section had not been proposed for modification at the September 8, 2015 public hearing. However, as a result of comments made at the public hearing, the notification boundary is proposed to be expanded from 500 feet to 1,000 feet for other types of actions so staff is suggesting the increase in this section as well so that notification distances will be consistent. 87