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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.3: Comprehensive Plan Amendments Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-5 (3) Application, by any person or agency, which accurately and completely sets forth the reason(s) for the proposed amendment as prescribed in Section 2.3.2(B); or (4) The Planning Director. (B) Once initiated, all amendments shall be referred to the Planning Board. 2.3.4 Public Hearing Required A public hearing shall be held before adoption of any proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment. The Board of County Commissioners shall hear applications and receive public comment for proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments in a Quarterly Public Hearing. 2.3.5 Notice Requirements for Planning Board Meetings and Public Hearings (A) The Planning Director shall provide notice of Planning Board meetings at which the Planning Board is to review and make a recommendation on Future Land Use Map amendments and Quarterly Public Hearings at which an amendment to the Future Land Use Map is to be reviewed. Notifications of proposed Future Land Use Map amendments shall occur as follows: (1) Notice of the Planning Board meeting and public hearing shall be posted on the affected parcel or on an adjacent public right of way a minimum of ten days prior to the Planning Board meeting. Said notice shall contain the time and location of both the Planning Board meeting and public hearing. (a) When multiple parcels are affected, a posting on each individual parcel is not required, but sufficient notices shall be posted to provide reasonable notice to interested persons. (2) Written notice of the Planning Board meeting and public hearing shall be sent by first-class mail to all property owners, as listed in the Orange County tax records, whose property is affected or within one thousand feet of the affected parcel(s). Said notice shall be mailed at least 15 days prior to the date of the Planning Board meeting and shall include the times and locations of both the Planning Board meeting and public hearing. The outside of the envelope or postcard shall be marked “Notice of Public Hearing.” (B) The Planning Director shall provide public notice for any Comprehensive Plan amendment to be heard at a Quarterly Public Hearing. The notice shall include the time and location of the public hearing. (C) For all proposed amendments, notice of the public hearing shall be given by publishing said notice at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the County, stating the time and place of such hearing and the substance of the proposed amendment. (1) This notice shall appear in said newspaper for two consecutive weeks with the first notice appearing not less than ten days nor more than 25 days before the date set for the public hearing. In computing the notice period, the day of publication is not to be included, but the day of the hearing is to be included. (2) The minimum published size of the notice shall be 25 square inches. 2.3.6 Consideration of Amendments (A) A proposed amendment may be considered in conjunction with a rezoning request for the same property. 2.3.7 Application Requirements (A) Generally (1) All applications for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan shall be submitted on forms supplied by the Planning Department and shall be signed. 340