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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.3: Comprehensive Plan Amendments Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-6 (B) For all proposed amendments, Notice notice of the public hearing shall be given by publishing said notice at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the County, stating the time and place of such hearing and the substance of the proposed amendment. (1) This notice shall appear in said newspaper for two consecutive weeks with the first notice appearing not less than ten days nor more than 25 days before the date set for the public 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. (2) The minimum published size of the notice shall be 25 square inches.7 (C) In the case of For amendments to the Land Use Plan (map) Future Land Use Map 8, the Planning Director shall provide additional notice with the following:9 (1) prominently post a notice of the public hearing on the site proposed for the land use change affected parcel or on an adjacent public street or highway right of way not less than ten days before the date set for the public hearing. (a) When multiple parcels are included within a proposed Land Use Plan (map) [Future Land Use Map] amendment affected, a posting on each individual parcel is not required, but the county shall post sufficient notices shall be posted to provide reasonable notice to interested persons. (2) In the case of amendments to the Land Use Plan (map) [Future Land Use Map], written notice of the public hearing shall be sent by first-class mail to all property owners, as listed in the Orange County tax records, whose property is affected (property that is included in the proposed land use plan [Future Land Use Map] amendment) and all property owners or within 500 feet of the affected parcel(s) . Said notice shall be mailed at least 14 days, but not more than 25 days, prior to the date of the public hearing. 2.3.7 Consideration of Amendments 10 (A) Principal amendments shall generally only be considered only once each year at the first quarterly public hearing in February of the calendar year, usually held in February 11. (B) If a principal amendment is scheduled by the Board of County Commissioners 12 for other than the February first quarterly public hearing of the calendar year, it shall be scheduled during one of the quarterly public hearings held in May, August, and November later in the year. 7 (B)(1) and (B)(2) are currently (B) and (C) but have been recommended as subparagraphs by the Staff Attorney. 8 The name of this map was changed in the Comprehensive Plan in 2012 and should be updated here. 9 Proposed changes suggested by the Staff Attorney to clarify the existing language. 10 Staff proposes that (A), (B), and (C) of this section be deleted because staff believes that any proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan should be able to be heard at any of the quarterly public hearings. Allowing principal amendments “generally” only once per year imposes constraints. If there is not interest in allowing consideration of any amendment at any of the four QPHs per year, then the language should be modified as shown. 11 Staff is suggesting the language be less constrictive in case the BOCC wants to move quarterly public hearing dates in the future when the annual BOCC meeting calendar is created in the fall of each year. For example, this was done for the public hearing that was formerly held in August of each year but is now held in September. 12 The BOCC does not schedule amendments (staff is responsible for doing so) but if a principal amendment were proposed for a QPH other than the first hearing of the year, staff would coordinate with the Manager and Chair/Vice-Chair to gain input into whether the application should be allowed to be heard at one of the three later QPHs. Staff proposes A, B, and C for deletion (see footnote) - request ORC comment 46