<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 2.2 - Jackson County Board of Commissioners.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Authority.</span> The Jackson County Board of Commissioners shall have the following responsibilities
               in relation to the administration of this ordinance:
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               (i)
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               Hear and decide applications for amendments to the text, schedules, and map portions
               of this Ordinance, which shall be processed in accordance with the provisions detailed
               herein. In exercising this power, the Board of Commissioners is bound by G.S. 160D-601,
               the terms of this Ordinance, and applicable court decisions in carrying out its legislative
               function.
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               (ii)
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               Hear and decide applications for Mountain Ridge Protection Permits and Manufactured
               Home Park Variances and Appeals (ref. <a href="" data-chunk-id="CD_ORD_APXCREDIGRDI_ART3PU" class="section-link" data-product-id="14666">Art. 3</a>) requiring final approval from the Board of Commissioners.
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               (iii)
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               Make necessary appointments to the Planning Board, Community Planning Councils, Board
               of Adjustments, Sedimentation and Erosion Control Board, and Watershed Board.
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               (iv)
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               Provide, by appropriation, funds for the administration of this Ordinance.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Creation of boards and councils.</span> The Board of Commissioners pursuant to G.S. 160D-361 created the Boards and Councils
               delineated in <a href="" data-chunk-id="CD_ORD_APXIUNDEOR_ARTIIAD_S2.3PLBOPLCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="14666">Section 2.3</a> to perform the following duties:
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               (i)
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               Make studies of the county and surrounding areas;
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               (ii)
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               Determine objectives to be sought in the development of the study area;
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               (iii)
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               Prepare and adopt plans for achieving these objectives;
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               (iv)
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               Develop and recommend policies, ordinances, administrative procedures, and other means
               for carrying out plans in a coordinated and efficient manner;
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               (v)
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               Advise the Board of Commissioners concerning the use and amendment of means for carrying
               out plans;
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               (vi)
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               Exercise any functions in the administration and enforcement of various means for
               carrying out plans that the Board of Commissioners may direct;
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               (vii)
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               Perform any other related duties that the Board of Commissioners may direct.
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               (viii)
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               Members Liability. The Planning Board and Regulated District Planning Councils identified
               in Section 2.03 below and the individual members thereof, serving as an advisory board
               or council to the Board of Commissioners, are protected from liability in so far as
               their actions are within the scope of their duties and responsibilities, G.S. 153A-11
               and 153A-12.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Authority in regulated districts</span>.
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               (i)
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               Powers and duties. Without limiting any authority granted to the Jackson County Board
               of Commissioners by laws and regulations, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners
               shall have the following powers and duties with respect to the Regulated Districts,
               to be carried out in accordance with the terms of this ordinance:
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               1)
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               To adopt new text for and amendments to the text of this ordinance.
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               2)
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               To adopt new zoning maps and amendments to the zoning maps.
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               3)
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               Such additional powers and duties as may be set forth for the Jackson County Board
               of Commissioners elsewhere in this ordinance and in other laws and regulations.
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               (Ord. No. O2019-01(5), 11-2-2021; Amd. of 4-18-2023)
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