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Because the UDO has been amended since these comments were made, referenced sections may be slightly off as some portions of the UDO have been <br />renumbered. <br />4 <br />Implementation Bridge - Future Phase Suggestions Planning Staff Comment <br />page 14 Explore ways to shorten review and approval processes. <br />Significant amendments pertaining to economic development were <br />adopted on February 7, 2012. Revisions to public hearing process were <br />adopted in November 2015. The revised process has significantly <br />shorten the review and approval process for less controversial proposals. <br />page 14 Include metrics for approval time for each process. <br />Staff does not recommend that metrics be included in the UDO as the <br />UDO is regulatory in nature. As part of the materials developed in 2015 <br />for the proposed revisions to the public hearing process, flow charts <br />showing potential timeframes were included in agenda abstract <br />materials. <br />page 14 Review telecommunication towers process.Staff considers this to be COMPLETED with the Telecom amendments <br />that were adopted on May 1, 2012. <br />page 14 Revisit roles and responsibilities of Planning Board vs. Board of <br />Commissioners for approval decisions. <br />This topic was touched upon during discussion about the revised public <br />hearing process. At this time, there does not seem to be support for <br />changing the existing roles and responsibilities. <br />page 14 Where we have electronic means to notify the public, we should <br />add those as required notification mechanisms. <br />Rather than adding this to the UDO, staff would recommend that this <br />become a policy instead of part of an ordinance. The County maintains <br />electronic notification lists, which includes the ability to be notified when <br />BOCC agendas are posted to the County website. Additionally, in late <br />2014, the Planning Department started posting a list of current <br />development projects on its webpage so interested people can regularly <br />check the information for items of interest. <br />page 14 <br />Reconsider public notification requirements for differences <br />between rural versus suburban locations (in terms of distance for <br />notice requirements). <br />Revisions to the public hearing process, adopted in November 2015, <br />expanded the notification boundary from 500 feet to 1,000 feet for all <br />actions that require mailed notifications. <br /> 66