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Article 2: Procedures <br /> Section 2.7: Special Use Permits <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-20 <br /> <br />(6) A list of all parcels located within 500 feet of the subject parcel and the name and <br />address of each property owner, as currently listed in the Orange County tax <br />records. <br />(7) Elevations of all structures proposed to be used in the development. <br />(8) For Class A Special Uses 26 copies and for Class B Special Uses 10 copies of <br />the Environmental Assessment and/or Environmental Impact Statement, if <br />required by Section 6.16. <br />(9) Method of disposal of trees, limbs, stumps and construction debris associated <br />with the permitted activity, which shall be by some method other than open <br />burning. <br />(10) Statement from the applicant indicating the anticipated development schedule for <br />the build-out of the project. <br />(11) Statement from the applicant in justification of any request for vesting for a period <br />of more than two years (five years maximum). <br />2.7.4 Staff Review <br />(A) The Planning Director shall cause an analysis to be made of the application by qualified <br />representatives of the County and other agencies or officials as appropriate. <br />(1) Applications for agricultural support enterprise uses located within the Rural <br />Buffer land use classification, as depicted on the Future Land Use Map of the <br />adopted Comprehensive Plan, shall be forwarded to the County’s Agricultural <br />Preservation Board for review and comment. <br />(a) The Agricultural Preservation Board shall have 30 calendar days to <br />provide comments. If comments are not received within this timeframe, <br />the application review process shall not be delayed. <br />(b) For purposes of this subsection, agricultural support enterprise uses <br />shall be defined as those permitted in the ASE-CZ zoning district, as <br />detailed within Section 5.2.3 of this Ordinance. <br />(B) The Planning Director shall submit the analysis to the Board of County Commissioners <br />and the Planning Board, in the case of Class A Special Uses, or the Board of Adjustment, <br />in the case of Class B Special Uses. <br />(C) The appropriate Board reviewing the application shall receive and enter the analysis into <br />evidence during the public hearing. The analysis shall be subject to examination by all <br />interested parties and the Planning Director shall be subject to cross-examination <br />regarding the analysis. <br />2.7.5 Neighborhood Information Meeting <br />(A) Before a Public Hearing may be held for a Special Use the applicant is required to <br />schedule a minimum of one neighborhood information meeting. The purpose of the <br />meeting is to obtain surrounding property owner input and comments on the proposed <br />development project and allow staff an opportunity to explain the review process <br />associated with the request. <br />(B) The applicant shall obtain property owner mailing address information from the Orange <br />County Planning Department, which shall utilize Orange County Land Records data, and <br />shall mail notices of the meeting date and time via first class mail to each property owner <br />within one thousand feet of the property for which a Special Use has been requested. <br />(C) The applicant shall mail notice of the Neighborhood Information Meeting a minimum of 14 <br />days prior to the date of the meeting. <br />(D) The applicant shall post a sign on the property advertising the date, place, and time of the <br />meeting a minimum of 10 days prior to the date of the meeting. <br />15