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(B) In making its decision, the Board of Commissioners shall consider all relevant evidence presented at the public hearing and any submitted written evidence that was considered by the Planning Board in making its recommendation. (C) The Board of Commissioners, upon receipt of a recommended Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof from the Planning Board, shall consider such recommendations and adopt them by resolution, either unchanged or with modifications. (B) The Board of County Commissioners shall not consider enactment of a proposed amendment until after the required public hearing has been held. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the Board of County Commissioners may do one of the following: (1) Continue the public hearing to a date/time certain, (2) Close the public hearing and refer the application back to the Planning Board for further review, (3) Close the public hearing and defer a decision to a later Board of County Commissioners meeting date, or (4) Close the public hearing and make a decision. (C) In making its decision, the Board of Commissioners shall consider comments made at the public hearing, the Planning Board’s recommendation, and the Planning Director’s recommendation. (D) The Board of County Commissioners is not bound by comments and recommendations and may make a decision different from comments and/or recommendations it receives. (E) Decisions shall normally be adopted by resolution except in cases where comprehensive plan amendments are also included with Unified Development Ordinance amendments, the comprehensive plan amendments may be incorporated into the ordinance approving the other amendments. SECTION 2.4: ZONING COMPLIANCE PERMITS 2.4.1 Applicability (A) As required by this Ordinance, a Zoning Compliance Permit must be issued before any new site development, building, structure, or vehicular use area may be erected, constructed or used. (B) Submittal and approval of a site plan (see Section 2.5) is required for issuance of a Zoning Compliance Permit except for: (1) Single-family detached dwellings and duplexes, and accessory structures to those residential uses shall require a plot plan as detailed within Section 2.4.3 of this Ordinance. In those instances, however, where the proposed level of land disturbance exceeds established thresholds as detailed within Section 6.14.5 of the Ordinance a formal site plan, prepared in accordance with Section 2.5, shall be required for submittal and approval. This site plan shall contain all required elements associated with obtaining a Zoning Compliance, Erosion Control, and Stormwater permit as detailed herein. (2) Interior renovation or repair of an existing structure, provided the use of the lot and/or structure has not changed. (C) Issuance of a Zoning Compliance Permit is required prior to beginning the excavation for the construction, moving, alteration, or repair, except ordinary repairs, of any building or other structure, including an accessory structure. The Zoning Compliance Permit shall include a determination that plans, specifications and the intended use of the structure conforms to the provisions of this Ordinance. 32