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(H) All other circumstances, factors and reasons that the applicant offers in support of the <br />proposed Zoning Atlas and/or Unified Development Ordinance text amendment. <br />2.8.4 Applications for Amendment – Joint Planning Area <br />Applications for amendments to the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance and Zoning <br />Atlas for the purpose of incorporating the provisions of the Chapel Hill Land Development <br />Ordinance (and Zoning Maps) and/or the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance (and Zoning Maps) shall <br />be processed as specified herein and as specified in the Joint Planning Agreement adopted <br />November 2, 1987, and as amended from time to time. <br /> <br />Any text amendments adopted by Orange County shall be adopted by reference as though fully <br />set forth herein. Any map amendments adopted by Orange County shall be officially denoted on <br />the County Zoning Atlas. Where there is inconsistency between the amendment procedures <br />contained herein and those contained in the Joint Planning Agreement, the provisions of the Joint <br />Planning Agreement shall apply. <br />2.8.5 Review, Analysis and Recommendation <br />(A) The Planning Director shall cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based <br />upon that analysis, prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board <br />and the Board of County Commissioners. <br />(B) Applications for agricultural support enterprise uses located within the Rural Buffer land <br />use classification, as depicted on the Future Land Use Map of the adopted <br />Comprehensive Plan, shall be forwarded to the County’s Agricultural Preservation Board <br />for review and comment. <br />(1) The Agricultural Preservation Board shall have 30 calendar days to provide <br />comments. If comments are not received within this timeframe, the application <br />review process shall not be delayed. <br />(2) For purposes of this subsection, agricultural support enterprise uses shall be <br />defined as those permitted in the ASE-CZ zoning district, as detailed within <br />Section 5.2.3 of this Ordinance. <br />2.8.6 Public Hearing Required <br />(A) A public hearing shall be held before adoption of any proposed Zoning Atlas Amendment <br />and/or text amendment to this Ordinance. The Board of County Commissioners and the <br />Planning Board 11 shall hear applications and receive public comment for Zoning Atlas <br />amendments and/or text amendments to this Ordinance in a Quarterly Public Hearing. <br />(B) The public hearing is legislative in nature and the hearing shall normally be closed at the <br />conclusion of the hearing. Closure of a legislative hearing does not bar discussion of an <br />application outside of the public hearing setting. <br />(C) A quorum of Planning Board members shall not be necessary to conduct the public <br />hearing. <br />2.8.7 Notice of Public Hearings <br />(A) Notice of the public hearing to review the application and receive public comment shall be <br />published at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, stating the <br />time and place of the hearing and the substance of the proposed amendment. <br />(B) Said notice shall appear in said newspaper for two successive weeks with the first notice <br />appearing not less than ten days nor more than 25 days before the date set for the public <br />11 Since a quorum of Planning Board members will no longer be necessary to hold a public hearing, the public <br />hearing would no longer be a joint hearing. <br />43