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Article 2: Procedures <br /> Section 2.9: Conditional Districts <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-37 <br /> <br />(4) The Planning Board and/or Board of County Commissioners may request <br />additional information in order to evaluate and properly process the application <br />for a CZD. <br />(D) Neighborhood Information Meeting <br />(1) Before a Public Hearing may be held on an accepted application for a CZD, the <br />applicant is required to schedule, with the assistance of the Planning <br />Department, a minimum of one neighborhood information meeting. The purpose <br />of this meeting is to obtain surrounding property owner input and comments on <br />the proposed development project. <br />(2) The applicant shall obtain property owner mailing address information from the <br />Orange County Planning Department and shall mail certified notices of the <br />meeting date and time to each property owner within 500 one thousand feet of <br />the property for which a CZD has been requested.43 <br />(3) The notices shall be mailed a minimum of 14 days prior to the date of the <br />proposed Neighborhood Information Meeting. <br />(4) The applicant shall post a sign on the property advertising the date, place, and <br />time of the meeting a minimum of 10 days prior to the date of the meeting. <br />(5) The Neighborhood Information Meeting shall be held a minimum of 14 days prior <br />to the date of the Public Hearing where the application is scheduled for review <br />and public comment. <br />(E) Review and Evaluation of Application <br />The review, processing, and evaluation of a CZD application is a legislative process <br />subject to judicial review using the same procedures and standards of review that apply <br />to general use district zoning decisions. <br />(F) Approval and Conditions <br />(1) The Board of County Commissioners shall take action on the application to <br />rezone the property in accordance with the procedures outlined within Section <br />2.8. <br />(2) The applicant or the County may recommend that reasonable and appropriate <br />conditions be attached to the approval of the application <br />(3) Conditions and site-specific standards shall be limited to those that address the <br />conformance of the development to County ordinances, the adopted <br />Comprehensive Plan, or any other relevant plans that address the impacts <br />reasonably expected to be generated by the proposed development. Any such <br />conditions may address: <br />(a) The compatibility of the proposed development with surrounding <br />property, <br />(b) Proposed support facilities (i.e. roadways and access points, parking <br />areas and driveways, pedestrian and vehicular circulation systems, <br />screening and buffer areas, the timing of development, street and right- <br />of-way improvements, storm water drainage, the provision of open <br />space, etc), and/or <br />(c) All other matters the County may find appropriate or the petitioner may <br />propose. <br /> <br />43 This section had not been proposed for modification at the September 8, 2015 public hearing. However, as a <br />result of comments made at the public hearing, the notification boundary is proposed to be expanded from 500 <br />feet to 1,000 feet for other types of actions so staff is suggesting the increase in this section as well so that <br />notification distances will be consistent. Mailing notices via first class mail rather than via certified mail is being <br />suggested in order to keep costs lower. <br /> 89