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558 <br /> - Publish an ad in a local newspaper - Post a hearing notice sign on the <br /> of general circulation.The ad must subject parcels. <br /> run twice(once a week for two - Publish an ad in a local newspaper of <br /> consecutive weeks). general circulation.The ad must run <br /> -The Board may limit the maximum twice(once a week for two consecutive <br /> time allotted to each speaker(NC weeks). <br /> GS§ 153A-52). <br /> -The hearing must occur during a <br /> properly noticed meeting of the <br /> BOCC. <br /> -The County must keep the Board's <br /> regular meeting schedule on file <br /> with the Clerk to the BOCC and on <br /> the website. If the Board is to hold <br /> an official meeting at a different <br /> time or place than previously <br /> scheduled, public notice is <br /> required. <br /> Additional -Staff posted the application <br /> Notification - Not required -Not required materials on the Orange County <br /> Planning website under"Current <br /> Methods Interest Projects"on July 9,2020. <br /> 3.2 Why was this proposal reviewed during the COVID pandemic? <br /> Initial discussions regarding the RTLP MPD-CZ, including a pre-submittal meeting with Orange County <br /> staff, commenced in January 2020. In mid-March 2020 the COVID pandemic began impacting Orange <br /> County. On March 13, 2020 Orange County declared a State of Emergency related to the national <br /> emergency created by the pandemic which directed all Orange County advisory boards to cease in- <br /> person meetings to reduce chances of virus transmission. On June 16,the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners authorized the Manager to allow a remote meeting for an advisory board when a <br /> meeting is immediately necessary to further County business and allow individual members to attend <br /> remotely at any other time. <br /> On June 5, 2020 Terra Equity Incorporated, applicant, submitted a full application requesting to rezone <br /> three parcels west of Old NC Highway 86/south of Interstate 40 to Master Plan Development <br /> Conditional Zoning(MPD-CZ) District. Once a complete application is received, Orange County Planning <br /> staff must adhere with Sections 2.8 and 2.9.2 and proceed with the review process based on our <br /> adopted Unified Development Ordinance and public hearing schedules. Orange County Planning staff <br /> does not have the authority to reject a completed application or delay the review process. Orange <br /> County recognized from the beginning the need to operate transparently throughout this process in <br /> these unforeseen times.This included conducting a virtual Neighborhood Information Meeting,two <br /> virtual Planning Board meetings, posting signs, mailing Planning Board and Public Hearing notifications, <br /> publicizing legal ads in local newspapers, communicating with residents through email and phone, and <br /> reviewing and compiling all comments received from the public in order to provide to our Planning <br /> Board members (prior to the August 19 Planning Board meeting). <br /> 8 <br />