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<br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-1 <br /> <br />ARTICLE 2: PROCEDURES <br />SECTION 2.1: REVIEW AND DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY – SUMMARY <br />TABLE <br />The following table provides a brief synopsis of the review and decision-making processes for <br />development applications. <br />TABLE 2.1: REVIEW AND DECISION MAKING AUTHORITIES <br /> <br />R=REVIEW DM=DECISION MAKER PH=PUBLIC HEARING <br />ZONING/DEVELOPMENT <br />REVIEW RELATED <br />PROCEDURES <br />PLANNING <br />DIRECTOR <br />EROSION <br />CONTROL <br />OFFICER <br />DEVELOPMENT <br />ADVISORY <br />COMMITTEE <br />(DAC) <br />BOARD OF <br />ADJUSTMENT <br />PLANNING <br />BOARD BOCC <br />Zoning Compliance <br />Permits R and DM R R <br />Soil Erosion and <br />Sedimentation Control <br />Permits <br /> R and DM <br />Stormwater Management <br />Plans R and DM <br />UDO Text Amendments R R R [1] DM and <br />PH <br />Zoning Atlas <br />Amendments R R R [1] DM and <br />PH <br />Special Use Permits R R R DM and PH <br />Class B <br />R [1] <br />Class A <br />DM and <br />PH <br />Class A <br />Zoning Variances R R DM and PH <br />Conditional Use R R R R [1] DM and <br />PH <br />Appeals/Interpretations R R DM and PH <br />Comprehensive Plan <br />Amendments R R [1] DM and <br />PH <br />Subdivision Related <br />Procedures <br /> Exempt R and DM <br /> Minor R and DM R R <br /> Major R R R R and DM <br />[2] <br />R and <br />DM <br /> Conditional Use R R R R [1] R, DM, <br />and PH <br />Appeal <br />NOTES <br />[1] The Planning Board attends a Joint Public Hearing with the public hearing held by the BOCC to review all <br />zoning related items requiring a public hearing. The Planning Board will have the item referred to it and shall <br />have up to 90 602 days to comment on the application. <br />[2] The Planning Board approves the Concept Plan for a Major Subdivision and then makes a recommendation <br />on the Preliminary Plat to the BOCC. <br /> <br /> <br />2 Staff is suggesting a shorter potential review period. In recent years, the BOCC has instructed the Planning Board <br />to return its recommendation by a date/time certain due to the case law requirement that public hearings be <br />adjourned to a date/time certain. Since the public hearing is now proposed to be closed the night of the hearing <br />and the requirement for only written comments after the public hearing is proposed for removal, the Planning <br />Board will need to know that recommendations must be made within 60 days. <br />42