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Article 2: Procedureei Section 2.2: Applications (8) Utility Providers. (D) The applicant will be advised of the various development standards and review/approval processes for the project as well as any preliminary concerns regarding the project. 2.2.6 Application Completeness (A) An application shall be considered complete and ready for processing only if it is submitted in the required form and quantity, includes all required information, and is accompanied by the required filing fee. (B) The Planning Director shall review all submitted applications to determine compliance with all submittal requirements. (C) The Planning Director shall accept or reject an application within five business days from the date of submittal. If the application is not acted upon within this time frame, the applicant shall receive a full refund of all filing fees if the application is rejected. (D) The Planning Director shall notify the applicant, in writing, of any deficiencies in the application and invite the applicant to revise the application to correct identified deficiencies. If or when the application complies with all submittal requirements, the Planning Director shall accept the application as complete and notify the applicant of its acceptance. (E) No further processing of incomplete applications will occur until deficiencies are corrected. 2.2.7 Withdrawal of Applications (A) Submission of Request Any request for withdrawal of an application subject to a public hearing shall be submitted in writing to the Planning Director, or shall be made through a verbal request at a public hearing. (B) Prior to Notice of Public Hearing The Planning Director shall approve a request for withdrawal of an application if it has been submitted prior to public notification of the application in accordance with public notification requirements for the specific application type. (C) Subsequent to Notice of Public Hearing Withdrawal of an application subsequent to public notification of the application in accordance with public notification requirements for the specific application type shall be considered, for the purposes of this Article, a denial of the application. (D) Fees Fees shall not be refunded for withdrawn applications. 2.2.8 Reserved' Ef n-t of nenial on Subsequent nnnliGatiens (A) If the Board of County Commissioners denies an appllnatlon er the application is or similar amendMeRt, affeGtiRg the sarne property Gr a pertion of it, may be submitted for a peried Of GRe year. Said ene year period begins en the date A-f denial A-.r vVithdrawal, as Ae 2.2.9 Manner of Review Applications requiring a public hearing shall be reviewed using either a legislative process or a quasi-judicial process as follows: 1 Rendered illegal by NCSL 2025-94 Orange County, North Carolina-Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-3