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Draft completed by Staff 6-04-03 °~ <br />7. Appeal of School District Denial of a CAPS. <br />The applicant for a CAPS which is denied by the School District may, within 30 <br />days of the date of the denial, appeal the denial to the [Board of Commissioners]. Any <br />such appeal shall be heard by the [Board of Commissioners] at an evidentiary hearing <br />before it. At this hearing the School District will present its reasons for the denial of the <br />CAPS and the evidence it relied on in denying the CAPS. The applicant appealing the <br />denial may present its reasons why the CAPS application should have, in its view, been <br />approved and the evidentiary basis it contends supports approval. The [Board of <br />Commissioners] may (1) affirm the decision of the School District, (2) remand to the <br />School District for further proceedings in the event evidence is presented at the hearing <br />before the [Board of Commissioners] not brought before the School District, or (3) issue <br />a CAPS. The [Board of Commissioners] will only issue a CAPS if it finds that the CAPS <br />should have been issued by the School District as prescribed in the MOU. A decision of <br />the [Board of Commissioners] affirming the School District may be appealed by the <br />applicant for a CAPS by proceedings in the nature of certiorari and as prescribed for an <br />appeal under Sections 6(d) and 6(e) of this ordinance. <br />8. Information Required From Applicants. <br />The applicant fora CAPS shall submit to the School District all information <br />reasonably deemed necessary by the School District to determine whether a CAPS should <br />be issued under the provisions of the MOU. An applicant for a CAPS special exception <br />or an applicant appealing a CAPS denial by the School District shall submit to the Board <br />of Commissioners all information reasonably deemed necessary by the Board of <br />Commissioners to determine whether a special exception should be granted as provided <br />in Section 6(d) of this ordinance or for the hearing of an appeal of a School District <br />denial of a CAPS as provided in Section 7 of this ordinance. A copy of a request for a <br />CAPS special exception or of an appeal of a School District denial of a CAPS shall be <br />served on the superintendent of the School District. Service may be made by personal <br />delivery or certified mail, return receipt requested. <br />Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective <br />The foregoing ordinance, having been submitted to a vote, received the following vote <br />and was duly adopted this day of , 200_. <br />Ayes: <br />Noes: <br />Absent or Excused: <br />isg:orangecounty\sapfo ord rev 6-23-03 <br />