Agenda - 05-18-2021; 6-a - Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendments

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Article 2: Procedures 26 Section 2.3: Comprehensive Plan Amendments Application, by any person or agency, which accurately and co y sets forth reason(s)for the proposed amendment as prescrib ection 2.3.2(B); or (4) The Plannin ' ctor. (B) Once initiated, all amendmen a referred to the Planning Board. 2.3.4 Public Hearing Require A public h shall be held before adoption of any proposed Comprehensi n amendment. T and of County Commissioners shall hear applications and receive public comm proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments in a Public Hearing. 2.3.5 Notice Requirements for Planning Board Meetings and Public Hearings (A) The Planning Director shall provide notice of Planning Board meetings at which the Planning Board is to review and make a recommendation on Future Land Use Map amendments and Public Hearings at which an amendment to the Future Land Use Map is to be reviewed. Notifications of proposed Future Land Use Map amendments shall occur as follows: (1) Notice of the Planning Board meeting and public hearing shall be posted on the affected parcel or on an adjacent public right of way a minimum of ten days, but not more than 25 days, 25 prior to the Planning Board meeting. Said notice shall contain the time and location of both the Planning Board meeting and public hearing. (a) When multiple parcels are affected, a posting on each individual parcel is not required, but sufficient notices shall be posted to provide reasonable notice to interested persons. (2) Written notice of the Planning Board meeting and 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 or within one thousand feet of the affected parcel(s). Said notice shall be mailed at least ten days, but not more than 25 days, prior to the date of the Planning Board meeting and shall include the times and locations of both the Planning Board meeting and public hearing. The outside of the envelope or postcard shall be marked "Notice of Public Hearing." (a) Alternative option to mailed notice for large-scale Future Land Use Map amendments shall be as follows:— The first class mail notice required by subsection (2) shall not be required if a Future Land Use Map amendment proposes to change the land use classification of more than 50 properties, owned by at least 50 different property owners, and Orange County elects to use the expanded public notice described as follows: (i) An advertisement published as described in (C) below, provided that the advertisement is not less than one-half of a newspaper page in size. 25 Comprehensive Plan (CP)amendments are required to follow the same notification process as zoning text amendments(NCGS 160D-501(c)), namely newspaper legal ads;this is true for both CP text and map amendments. However, Orange County has a long tradition of providing mailed notification to property owners in the vicinity of a Future Land Use Map amendment so staff is recommending the notification timeframe follow the same timeframe as zoning map amendments. 26 State Statutes have long allowed for an alternative method of public notice for large-scale rezonings but Orange County's regulations have not included the option. Staff is recommending that the alternative option be included in the regulations, particularly for Future Land Use Map amendments which do not require mailed notice under State statutes. Orange County, North Carolina-Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-5