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Article 2: Procedures <br /> Section 2.3: Comprehensive Plan Amendments <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-6 <br /> <br />(2) Three copies of the application shall be submitted to the Planning Director . <br />(3) Before accepting any amendment application, the Planning Director shall ensure <br />that it contains all required information, as specified in this Ordinance. <br />Applications which are not complete, or otherwise do not comply with the <br />provisions of this Ordinance, shall not be accepted by the Planning Director, but <br />shall be returned to the applicant, with a notation by the Planning Director of the <br />deficiencies in the application. <br />(B) Contents of Application <br />Applications for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, without limiting the right to file <br />additional material, shall contain at least the following: <br />(1) For amendments to the Future Land Use Map within the Land Use Element, a <br />map at a legible scale adequately illustrating the land which would be covered by <br />the proposed map amendment, and a complete list of Property Identification <br />Numbers (PIN) for the properties; <br />(2) For amendments to the Comprehensive Plan text, a copy of the existing text <br />provision(s) which the applicant proposes for amendment, and a written <br />statement which describes in detail changes which the applicant proposes to <br />make to the text of the Comprehensive Plan and the rationale for the proposed <br />amendment consistent with the standards established in this Ordinance; and <br />(3) All other circumstances, factors and reasons which the applicant offers in support <br />of the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment. <br />2.3.8 Analysis and Recommendation <br />The Planning Director shall cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based upon that <br />analysis, prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board and the Board of <br />County Commissioners. <br />2.3.9 Planning Board Review <br />(A) The Planning Board shall allow public comments at its meeting and those comments <br />shall be taken into consideration by the Planning Board in making its recommendation. <br />(B) The Planning Board shall review and comment on applications and shall make one of the <br />following recommendations prior to the quarterly public hearingPublic Hearing: <br />(1) Recommend approval, <br />(2) Recommend denial, <br />(3) Recommend approval but with specified changes. <br />(4) Recommend the Planning Board be given extended time to consider the matter. <br />(C) Should the Planning Board fail to make a recommendation prior to the quarterly public <br />hearingPublic Hearing, the application shall be forwarded to the Board of County <br />Commissioners without a Planning Board recommendation. <br />2.3.10 Action by Board of County Commissioners <br />(A) The Board of County Commissioners shall hold a public hearing after the Planning Board <br />either makes its recommendation or takes no action on the application within 30 days of <br />its referral. <br />(B) After the Board of County Commissioners closes the public hearing, the Board of County <br />Commissioners shall do one of the following: <br />(1) defer a decision to a later Board of County Commissioners meeting date, or <br />(2) make a decision. <br /> 341