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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.7: Special Use Permits Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-21 2.7.5 Neighborhood Information Meeting (A) Before a Public Hearing may be held for a Special Use the applicant is required to schedule a minimum of one neighborhood information meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to obtain surrounding property owner input and comments on the proposed development project and allow staff an opportunity to explain the review process associated with the request. (B) The applicant shall obtain property owner mailing address information from the Orange County Planning Department, which shall utilize Orange County Land Records data, and shall mail certified notices of the meeting date and time to each property owner within 500 feet of the property for which a Special Use has been requested. (C) The applicant shall mail notice of the Neighborhood Information Meeting a minimum of 14 days prior to the date of the meeting. (D) The applicant shall post a sign on the property advertising the date, place, and time of the meeting a minimum of 10 days prior to the date of the meeting. (E) The meeting shall be held a minimum of 45 days prior to the date of the Public Hearing. (F) Neighborhood information meetings for telecommunication facilities shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10.8 (B) (2). 2.7.6 Notice Requirements for Class A Special Use Permits (A) The Planning Director shall give public notice of the date, time and place of the public hearing to be held to receive comments, evidence in the form of 23 testimony and exhibits pertaining to the application for a Special Use. (B) Such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Orange County once a week for two successive weeks, with the first notice to be published not less than ten days nor more than 25 days prior to the date of the hearing. In computing the notice period, the day of publication is not to be included, but the day of the hearing is to be included.24 (C) The Planning Director shall post on the affected property a notice of the public hearing at least ten days prior to the date of said hearing. (D) Written notice shall be sent by certified mail to all adjacent property owners not less than 15 days before the hearing date. Adjacent property owners are those whose property lies within five hundred feet of the affected property and whose names and addresses are currently listed in the Orange County tax records. 2.7.7 Notice Requirements for Class B Special Use Permits Notice Requirements for Class B Special Use Permits shall follow the procedures in Section 2.12.6. 2.7.8 Nature of Proceedings (A) The review of Special Use Permit applications shall be conducted during a public hearing by the decision-making board. 23 The Staff Attorney has suggested this language modification since SUP applications are quasi-judicial in nature and require testimony rather than comments. 24 The Staff Attorney has suggested that legal advertisements for quarterly public hearings not include SUP applications since the general public does not have standing in such matters and cannot participate. (State Statutes do not require legal ads for SUP applications). As shown in the remainder of this section, a notice would still be posted on the affected parcel and adjoining property owners would receive mailed notification of the hearing date (which they would also have been informed of via the Neighborhood Information Meeting materials). 22