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<br />PLANNING and INSPECTIONS <br />Cy Stober, AICP, Director | cstober@orangecountync.gov | 131 W. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278 | 919.245.2575 <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Date: March 1, 2023 <br /> <br />To: Orange County Planning Board <br /> <br />From: Cy Stober, AICP, Planning Director <br />Perdita Holtz, AICP, Deputy Director for Long-Range Planning and <br />Administration <br /> <br />Subject: Planning Board Request for Information Regarding Notification Distances for <br />Neighborhood Information Meetings <br /> <br /> <br />At the December 7, 2022 Planning Board meeting, the Board requested information on <br />notification distances for Neighborhood Information Meetings (NIMs). Staff has <br />gathered information from peer counties and compiled the information into the table <br />below. <br /> <br />In summary, Orange County currently administers the most robust notifications, in terms <br />of both the types of actions for which a NIM is required to be held and the mailed <br />notification distance. In addition to mailed notifications, the property is posted with a <br />sign that informs interested passerby that an action is proposed on the property. This <br />allows people who may not own property within the 1,000-foot mailed notification <br />boundary to seek out more information if they desire. <br /> <br />The Planning Department also coordinates with the County’s Community Relations <br />Department to send out information to an e-mail newsletter list and/or post on the <br />County’s social media accounts. Interested persons can sign up for various <br />“sunshine”/newsletter lists at: https://www.orangecountync.gov/1561/Electronic- <br />Newsletters. The County’s Facebook and Twitter names are OCNCGov. <br /> <br />Attachment 1 21