TITLE
Title
A LEGISLATIVE HEARING FOR UDO TEXT AMENDMENT CASE #24-08-PLBD-00092: AN AMENDMENT TO MODIFY ARTICLE 3 (PERMITS AND PROCEDURES), SECTION 3.5.V TO ADJUST NOTICE AND HEARING REQUIREMENTS AND TERMINOLOGY REGARDING “TEXT AMENDMENTS” AND MAKE A GLOBAL ADJUSTMENT TO TERMINOLOGY USED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR LEGISLATIVE AND QUASI-JUDICIAL DECISIONS TO ALIGN WITH LANGUAGE ADOPTED UNDER TEXT AMENDMENT CASE #23-06-PLBD-00053 TO MODIFY ASSOCIATED NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
J. Leslie Bell
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BACKGROUND
Background
On September 11, 2024, the Planning staff presented amendments (draft minutes attached) to Article 3 (Permits and Procedures) of the Guilford County Unified Development Ordinance (Referenced as Subsection 3 in Chapter 15 of the County Code of Ordinances) to the Planning Board for consideration. The amendment will modify Section 3.5.V regarding hearing and public notification procedures and terminology specific to text amendments. Also, it will amend the UDO to globally change the nomenclature for “public hearing” to “legislative hearing” in reference to legislative decisions and where applicable distinguishes legislative hearings from evidentiary hearings (as needed) consistent with NCGS 160D.
The purpose of the amendment is to align with modifications to Section 3.2.D, Public Notice Procedures, and Table 3.2, Public Notification Requirements, under Text Amendment Case #23-06-PLBD-00053, adopted by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners on May 16, 2024. With the Planning Board’s scheduling of a public hearing for a proposed text amendment optional, this change reflects the Planning Board’s ability to hold legislative hearings for text amendments on a case-by-case basis, as needed, as part of its statutory advisory role per NCGS 160D (i.e., some text amendments are driven by action of the NC General Assembly).
The following amendments are proposed:
·Amend Section 3.5.V.2.d(1) to change the wording in the first sentence as f...
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