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Article 2: Procedures 136 <br /> Section 2.9: Conditional Districts <br /> (5) Applications shall only be accepted 45 days after review of the Concept Plan by <br /> the Board of County Commissioners.10 <br /> (D) Concept Plan Review <br /> (1) All applications shall comply with Section 2.2.6 of this Ordinance <br /> (D),(ELNeighborhood Information Meeting <br /> (1) After review of a Concept Plan, and 9before a Public Hearing may be held on an <br /> accepted application for a Conditional District, the applicant is required to <br /> schedule, with the assistance of the Planning Department, a minimum of one <br /> neighborhood information meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to obtain <br /> additional surrounding property owner input and comments on the proposed <br /> development project. <br /> (2) The applicant shall obtain property owner mailing address information from the <br /> Orange County Planning Department and shall mail notices of the meeting date <br /> and time via first class mail to each property owner within one thousand feet of <br /> the property for which a Conditional District has been requested. <br /> (3) The notices shall be mailed a minimum of 14 days prior to the date of the <br /> proposed Neighborhood Information Meeting. <br /> (4) The applicant shall post a sign on the property advertising the date, place, and <br /> time of the meeting a minimum of 10 days prior to the date of the meeting. <br /> (5) The meeting shall be held a minimum of 14 days prior to the date of the Planning <br /> Board meeting where the application is scheduled for review. <br /> (E—)LI=LReview and Evaluation of Application <br /> The review, processing, and evaluation of a Conditional District application is a legislative <br /> process subject to judicial review using the same procedures and standards of review <br /> that apply to conventional district zoning decisions. <br /> (F)LgL_Approval and Conditions <br /> (1) The Board of County Commissioners shall take action on the application to <br /> rezone the property in accordance with the procedures outlined within Section <br /> 2.8. <br /> (2) The applicant or the County may recommend that reasonable and appropriate <br /> conditions be attached to the approval of the application <br /> (3) Conditions and site-specific standards shall be limited to those that address the <br /> conformance of the development to County ordinances, the adopted <br /> Comprehensive Plan, or any other relevant plans that address the impacts <br /> reasonably expected to be generated by the proposed development. Any such <br /> conditions may address: <br /> (a) The compatibility of the proposed development with surrounding <br /> property, <br /> (b) Proposed support facilities (i.e. roadways and access points, parking <br /> areas and driveways, pedestrian and vehicular circulation systems, <br /> screening and buffer areas, the timing of development, street and right- <br /> of-way improvements, storm water drainage, the provision of open <br /> space, etc), and/or <br /> 10 Staff is attempting to establish a 'waiting period'from Concept Plan review and formal Conditional District <br /> application submittal. This is to allow sufficient time for modification(s), if any,to the proposal incorporating <br /> comments from the formal Concept Plan review. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-31 <br />