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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.15: 17FMajor Subdivisions County. (B) Application Requirements (1) The subdivider shall submit an application in accordance with this Ordinance, including (a) The requirements of Section 2.2; (b) The requirements of Section 7.13, (c) One electronic copy of the Final Plat; (d) The requirements of Article 6, including, but not limited to, a Landscaping Plan and Stormwater Management Plan; and (e) Required ancillary documents prepared in accordance with Article 7 of this Ordinance. (2) Any necessary Performance Guarantees, as determined by Orange County. (C) Review and Approval Procedures (1) The Planning Director shall determine if the application is complete, the Planning Director shall approve or deny the final plat, with written explanation regarding any reasons that are the basis of a denial. (a) Final plats that include elements requiring Board of County Commissioner approval shall be referred to that Board with a Planning Director recommendation of action. (D) Actions Subsequent to Approval (1) The applicant shall submit a mylar original of the Final Plat to the Planning Director for signature within one year of Final Plat approval. (a) The approved plat and any associated documents must be recorded within 90 calendar days after the Planning Director's signature, or the approval shall be determined to be void and all materials will be required to be resubmitted. (b) The Planning Director may extend the recordation deadline by an additional 90 calendar days from the original date of expiration upon a request by the applicant that they are unable to meet the deadline due to demonstrated causes such as weather conditions, financial impacts, or permitting delays with external agencies, and provide evidence that such causes are beyond the applicant's control. (2) If the applicant proposes to amend the approved Preliminary Plat, the Planning Director shall determine if the amendment is minor, as defined herein, and requires only a Final Plat revision, or is a major amendment and requires a new preliminary plat application.22 (a) A change shall be considered a minor change if it does not involve any of the following: (i) Any substantive change in a condition of approval; (ii) An increase in the number of building lots proposed; (iii) Any 5% change to the location of or any decrease in the amount of open space, buffers, or area reserved for recreation use; (iv) Any change in pedestrian and/or vehicular access networks that zz It seems nearly impossible to qualify for a "minor change." Otherwise,we need to quantify what"substantive" means. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-54