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Applications to establish a CUD shall be submitted to the Planning Director and shall be processed in accordance with the procedure(s) for: (1) Zoning Atlas amendment (Section 2.8), (2) Class A Special Use Permit (Section 2.7), and (3) The provisions of this Section. (C) Submittal Requirements (1) In addition to the CUD application form, an applicant shall also submit the following information: (a) A site plan prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.5 including the following: (i) A detailed description of the proposed use of property including an outline of the proposed operational characteristics of the proposed development, (ii) A detailed traffic survey, regardless of the estimated number of trips per day, prepared in accordance with all applicable North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT) requirements or standards as well as Section 6.17 of this Ordinance, (iii) The appropriate environmental document prepared in accordance with Section 6.16; and (iv) A landscape plan showing the location of on-site significant trees; proposed screening, buffers, and landscaping; and any proposed treatment of any existing natural features. (b) A summary of utility services, including processing of wastewater. (c) A schedule of construction of all elements of the proposal; and (d) Any other information identified during the pre-application conference deemed essential to demonstrate the project’s compliance with these regulations. (2) 26 copies of the application package required in (1) above shall be submitted by the applicant. (3) The Planning Board and/or Board of County Commissioners may request additional information in order to evaluate and properly process the application for a CUD. (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 via first class mail to each property owner within one thousand feet of the property for which a CUD has been requested. (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. 22