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<br /> <br />Comparison of County Notification Requirements <br />County <br />NIM Required? <br />(if yes, for what types of <br />actions?) <br />Regulations <br />or <br />Practice? <br />Mail Notices for Planning <br />Board Meetings? <br />Public Hearing Mailed <br />Notification Distance <br />Any Deviation in Mailed <br />Notice Distance (NIM/ <br />Planning Board/Public <br />Hearing)? <br />Buncombe N N/A Y <br />Regulations requires only <br />“abutting” notifications. <br />Practice is 1,000’ <br />notifications, based on a <br />BOCC vote to direct staff <br />to use 1,000’. <br />N <br />Chatham Y for Rezonings, Special Use <br />Permits, Major Subdivisions Regulations <br />Y for Major Subdivisions. <br />Planning Board meeting for <br />rezonings is after the public <br />hearing, so no additional <br />notices are mailed. <br />For rezonings and SUPs: <br />abutting only. <br />For major subdivisions: <br />400-feet <br />N <br />Durham <br />Y for Comprehensive Plan <br />amendments, rezonings, <br />conservation subdivisions (not <br />regular subdivisions), and <br />statutory development <br />agreements <br />Regulations Y 600-feet N <br />Wake <br />N <br />Encouraged only and staff will <br />ask applicant to meet with <br />neighbors, depending on the <br />dynamics. <br />Practice, if <br />staff asks <br />due to <br />dynamics <br />N N/A <br />Note: mailed notice for the <br />public hearing is 1,000’ as a <br />policy (not in regulations) <br /> <br />22