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26 <br /> Article 2: Procedures <br /> Section 2.3:Comprehensive Plan Amendments <br /> (ii) The advertisement shall be effective only for property owners <br /> who reside in the area of general circulation of the newspaper <br /> that publishes the notice. Property owners that reside outside of <br /> the newspaper circulation area,according to the address listed <br /> on the most recent property tax listing for the affected property, <br /> shall be notified according to the provisions of subsection(2). <br /> (B) The Planning Director shall provide public notice for any Comprehensive Plan <br /> amendment to be heard at a Public Hearing.The notice shall include the time and <br /> location of the public hearing. <br /> (C) For all proposed amendments,notice of the public hearing shall be given by publishing <br /> said notice at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the County,stating <br /> the time and place of such hearing and the substance of the proposed amendment. <br /> (1) This notice shall appear in said newspaper once a week29 for two consecutive <br /> weeks with the first notice appearing not less than ten days nor more than 25 <br /> days before the date set for the public hearing. In computing the notice period, <br /> the day of publication is not to be included, but the day of the hearing is to be <br /> included. <br /> (2) The"'�ninimmcm-rm published rr-rcc of th Lv n"orroatine shall be 25?qun.e0nnhtis 30 <br /> 2.3.6 Consideration of Amendments <br /> (A) A proposed amendment may be considered in conjunction with a rezoning request for <br /> the same property. <br /> 2.3.7 Application Requirements <br /> (A) Generally <br /> (1) All applications for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan shall be submitted <br /> on forms supplied by the Planning Department and shall be signed. <br /> (2) Three copies of the application shall be submitted to the Planning Director. <br /> (3) Before accepting any amendment application,the Planning Director shall ensure <br /> that it contains all required information,as specified in this Ordinance. <br /> Applications which are not complete,or otherwise do not comply with the <br /> provisions of this Ordinance,shall not be accepted by the Planning Director,but <br /> shall be returned to the applicant,with a notation by the Planning Director of the <br /> deficiencies in the application. <br /> (B) Contents of Application <br /> Applications for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan,without limiting the right to file <br /> additional material,shall contain at least the following: <br /> (1) For amendments to the Future Land Use Map within the Land Use Element,a <br /> map at a legible scale adequately illustrating the land which would be covered by <br /> the proposed map amendment,and a complete list of Property Identification <br /> Numbers(PIN)for the properties; <br /> (2) For amendments to the Comprehensive Plan text,a copy of the existing text <br /> provision(s)which the applicant proposes for amendment,and a written <br /> statement which describes in detail changes which the applicant proposes to <br /> make to the text of the Comprehensive Plan and the rationale for the proposed <br /> amendment consistent with the standards established in this Ordinance;and <br /> 29 Clarification on number of times a notice is published. <br /> 30 This minimum size is not required by statutes and staff is recommending its removal. As a point of fact,the <br /> amount of text included in the published legal ad precludes a notice less than 25 square inches in size. <br /> Orange County,North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-6 <br />