15A NCAC 07L .0510. PUBLIC HEARING AND LOCAL ADOPTION REQUIREMENTS

(a)  Public Hearing Requirements For Local Governments Receiving Funding From DENR For Land Use Planning.  Local adoption of the CAMA land use plan requires a public hearing.  Notice of the hearing shall state the date, time, place, proposed action, and that copies of the document may be reviewed at a particular office in the county courthouse, county office building, or town hall during designated hours.  Any other public facility where the document can be reviewed such as a library or community center shall be designated in the notice.  The notice must appear at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the planning jurisdiction.  The first notice must appear not less than 30 days prior to the hearing.  The second notice must appear not less than 10 days prior to the hearing.  Written notice of the public hearing shall be posted on the local government's principal bulletin board 30 days prior to the hearing or, if there is no such bulletin board, at the door of the governing body's usual meeting room.  If possible, an electronic hearing notice shall be provided on the World Wide Web at the time of the original notice.

(b)  30-Day Local Review Period.  Copies of the proposed CAMA land use plan or update (final draft) shall be available for public review at the time the first notice is provided and in the place(s) listed in the notice.  At least one copy of the draft plan shall be available for checkout for a 24-hour period by residents and property owners of the planning jurisdiction.

(c)  Minor editorial changes after the public hearing are acceptable without re-advertising the notice.  Substantive changes such as re-wordings that alter the basic intent of policy statements or changes in timelines for actions in the original notice shall require a new public hearing.  This notice shall be advertised in the same manner as the original.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 113A‑112; 113A‑124;

Eff. August 1, 2002.