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County Commissioners. The Planning Board may consider additional oral evidence only if it is for the purpose of presenting information also submitted in writing. (F) All proposed amendments shall be referred to the Planning Board for consideration and recommendation prior to the public hearing, in accordance with review/meeting calendars published each calendar year. The Planning Board shall be allotted a minimum of 30 calendar days to make its recommendation.9 (G) In the case of amendments to the Future Land Use Map, the Planning Director shall prominently post a notice of the Planning Board meeting on the site proposed for the land use classification change or on an adjacent public street or highway right of way not less than ten days before the Planning Board meeting. (1) When multiple parcels are included within a proposed Future Land Use Map amendment, a posting on each individual parcel is not required, but sufficient notices shall be posted to provide reasonable notice to interested persons. (H) In the case of amendments to the Future Land Use Map, written notice of the Planning Board meeting shall be sent by first-class mail to all property owners, as listed in the Orange County tax records, whose property is affected (property that is included in the proposed Future Land Use Map amendment) and all property owners within 500 feet. Said notice shall be mailed at least ten days, but not more than 25 days, prior to the date of the Planning Board meeting. (I) Interested persons may address the Planning Board at the Planning Board’s meeting and public comments may be taken into consideration by the Planning Board in making its recommendation. (J) The Planning Board’s action on an application shall be one of the following: (1) Make no recommendation, (2) Recommend approval, (3) Recommend denial, (4) Recommend approval but with specified changes, or (5) Make a preliminary recommendation, of either (1) through (4) above, with a request to the Board of County Commissioners that if significant new information is presented at the public hearing, the Board of County Commissioners refer an application back to the Planning Board for further review and a potential new recommendation. (a) The Board of County Commissioners is not bound to referring an application back to the Planning Board. 2.3.11 Action by Board of County Commissioners (A) The Board of County Commissioners shall not consider enactment of the a proposed amendment until the Planning Board either makes its recommendation or takes no action on the application as prescribed in this section Section 2.3.10. 9 NCGS §153A-344states that: Subsequent to initial adoption of a zoning ordinance, all proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance or zoning map shall be submitted to the planning board for review and comment. If no written report is received from the planning board within 30 days of referral of the amendment to that board, the board of county commissioners may proceed in its consideration of the amendment without the planning board report. The board of commissioners is not bound by the recommendations, if any, of the planning board. Although this section of the statutes addresses zoning amendments, staff is recommending that the process for comprehensive plan amendments be the same in order to provide consistency and less confusion. 31