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

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Article 2: Procedures 27 Section 2.3: Comprehensive Plan Amendments 00 The advertisement shall be effective only for property owners who reside in the area of-general circulation of the newspaper that publishes the notice. Property owners that reside outside of the newspaper circulation area, according to the address listed on the most recent property tax listing for the affected property, shall be notified according to the provisions of subsection (2). (B) The Planning Director shall provide public notice for any Comprehensive Plan amendment to be heard at a Public Hearing. The notice shall include the time and location of the public hearing. (C) For all proposed amendments, 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 once a week 27 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 sled size of the RGtiGe shall be 25 square i,=Ghes.28 3.6 Consideration of Amendments (A) A proposed amendment may be considered in conjunction with a rezoning r est for the same property. 2.3.7 Applic on Requirements (A) erally (1) Al plications for amendments to the Comprehensi a Plan shall be submitted on for supplied by the Planning Department a shall be signed. (2) Three copi of the application shall be sub tted to the Planning Director. (3) Before acceptin ny amendment app' ation, the Planning Director shall ensure that it contains all re ired info rmat' , as specified in this Ordinance. Applications which are t com te, or otherwise do not comply with the provisions of this Ordinanc all not be accepted by the Planning Director, but shall be returned to the a is with a notation by the Planning Director of the deficiencies in the app ation. (B) Contents of Applic 'on Applications for am ments to the Comprehensive n, without limiting the right to file additional materi , shall contain at least the following: (1) For endments to the Future Land Use Map within Land Use Element, a p at a legible scale adequately illustrating the land whi would be covered by the proposed map amendment, and a complete list of Prope Identification Numbers (PIN)for the properties; (2) For amendments to the Comprehensive Plan text, a copy of the exists 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 27 Clarification on number of times a notice is published. 28 This minimum size is not required by statutes and staff is recommending its removal. As a point of fact,the amount of text included in the published legal ad precludes a notice less than 25 square inches in size. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-6