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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.3: Comprehensive Plan Amendments Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-8 (1) All applications for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan shall be submitted on forms supplied by the Planning Department and shall be signed. (2) Three copies of the application shall be submitted to the Planning Director. (3) Before accepting any amendment application, the Planning Director shall ensure that it contains all required information, as specified in this Ordinance. Applications which are not complete, or otherwise do not comply with the provisions of this Ordinance, shall not be accepted by the Planning Director, but shall be returned to the applicant, with a notation by the Planning Director of the deficiencies in the application. (B) Contents of Application Applications for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, without limiting the right to file additional material, shall contain at least the following: (1) For amendments to the Land Use Plan (map) Future Land Use Map within the Land Use Element, a map at a legible scale adequately illustrating the land which would be covered by the proposed map amendment, and a complete list of Property Identification Numbers (PIN) for the properties; (2) For amendments to the Comprehensive Plan text, a copy of the existing text provision(s) which the applicant proposes for amendment, and a written statement which describes in detail changes which the applicant proposes to make to the text of the Comprehensive Plan and the rationale for the proposed amendment consistent with the standards established in this Ordinance; and (3) All other circumstances, factors and reasons which the applicant offers in support of the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment. 2.3.9 Analysis and Recommendation The Planning Director shall cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based upon that analysis, prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board and the Board of County Commissioners. 2.3.10 Planning Board Review (A) Following the public hearing, all proposed amendments shall be referred to the Planning Board for consideration and recommendation. (B) The Board of County Commissioners may direct the Planning Board to provide a recommendation by a date certain. If the Board of County Commissioners does not so direct, the Planning Board shall make its recommendation within three regularly scheduled Planning Board meetings unless the Board of County Commissioners grants an extension. (C) If the Planning Board fails to make a recommendation within the time allotted in subsection (B), the application shall be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners without a Planning Board recommendation. (D) Amendments initiated by Orange County shall not be subject to time limitations other than those specified by the Board of County Commissioners during the public hearing process. (E) Evidence not presented at the public hearing may be submitted in writing to the Planning Board for consideration prior to the Planning Board’s recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners. The Planning Board may consider additional oral evidence only if it is for the purpose of presenting information also submitted in writing. (A) The Planning Board shall allow public comments at its meeting and those comments shall be taken into consideration by the Planning Board in making its recommendation. 17