<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 3.5 - Public notification.</div>
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               (a)
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               Before enacting any amendment to this Ordinance or the district maps, the Board of
               Commissioners or Community Planning Council shall hold a public hearing. Public notification
               of such hearing shall comply with the provisions of G.S. 160D-601-602, as amended.
               Table 3.1, Development Review Procedures, identifies the appropriate notice for specific
               procedures. The Jackson County Planning Board shall provide review and recommendation
               of the amendment.
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               (b)
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               Level 1â€”Published Notice.
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               (i)
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               In accordance with G.S. 160D-601, a notice of such public hearing shall be published
               in a newspaper of general circulation in Jackson County once a week for two successive
               weeks, the first publication of which shall not appear less than ten days or more
               than 25 days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing. The notice shall include
               the time, place and date of the hearing and include a description of the property
               or the nature of the change or amendment to the ordinance and/or map.
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               (c)
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               Level 2â€”Mailed Notice.
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               (i)
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               In accordance with G.S. 160D-602, whenever there is an amendment to the district map,
               the owner of that parcel of land as shown on the county tax listing and the owners
               of all parcels of land abutting that parcel of land as shown on the county tax listing
               shall be mailed a notice of a public hearing on the proposed amendment by first class
               mail at the last addresses listed for such owners on the county tax abstracts. This
               notice must be deposited in the mail at least ten but not more than 25 days prior
               to the date of the public hearing. The person(s) mailing such notices shall certify
               to the Board of Commissioners that fact, and such certificate shall be deemed conclusive
               in the absence of fraud.
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               (ii)
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               As an alternative to the mailed notice requirements above, the County may elect to
               serve notice through a full community notification for pending actions that affect
               at least fifty (50) properties with at least fifty (50) different property owners.
               The county shall publish notice of the hearing/meeting in a newspaper of general circulation.
               Two advertisements shall be published in separate calendar weeks. Each advertisement
               shall not be less than one-half of a newspaper page in size. The advertisement shall
               only be effective for property owners who reside in the area of general circulation
               of the newspaper which publishes the notice.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Level 3â€”Posted Notice</span>.
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               (i)
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               For a proposed amendment to the district map (rezoning), the Planning Department shall
               post a notice of public hearing sign on the site affected or the adjacent street/highway
               right of way. In the event that more than one parcel is involved in a particular hearing,
               at least one sign shall be posted in a central location; however, the Planning Department
               may post multiple signs. Said sign(s) shall be posted at least ten days prior to the
               public hearing date. The County may choose to use this method to notice other legislative
               and quasi-judicial hearings.
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               (Ord. No. O2019-01(5), 11-2-2021)
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