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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.3: Comprehensive Plan Amendments Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-7 (C) Secondary amendments may be considered four times each year at the a quarterly joint public hearings in February, May, August, and November as designated each year on the Board of County Commissioners meeting calendar. (D) A proposed amendment may be considered in conjunction with a rezoning request for the same property if the requests are in compliance with an adopted small area plan.13 (E) Requests for a rezoning not in compliance with an adopted small area plan, conditional use district, and/or special use permit may only be considered at subsequent hearings or meetings following approval of the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan.14 2.3.8 Application Requirements (A) Generally (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. 13 The Staff Attorney has recommended deletion of this provision due to concerns over who determines compliance with a small area plan and how compliance is determined. 14 The Staff Attorney has recommended deletion of this provision because of the modification made in (D). If the modification in (D) is not made, the language of (E) should be modified because of the concern that a restriction on a rezoning application has been placed in the Comprehensive Plan amendment section. 47