2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Pitt County Government

Section Four: Plan AmendmentsInitiation of Land Use Plan AmendmentsAny person or organization, including the Planning Department, may petition the Board ofCommissioners to amend the Land Use Plan. The petition shall be filed with the PlanningDepartment and shall include:(a) The name, address, and phone number of the applicant;(b) A description of the proposed text or map amendment, along with an explanation ofthe changing circumstances that necessitate consideration of the amendment; and(c) If the petition proposes an amendment to the land use map, a scaled map with theproperty affected by the amendment clearly depicted.Petitions for amendments shall be submitted to the Pitt County Planning Department at leastten (10) days prior to the date of the Planning Board meeting at which the petition will bereviewed.Planning Board Review and RecommendationUpon receipt of a petition for an amendment, the Planning Department shall forward therequest to the Planning Board for its consideration. The Planning Board shall review theproposed amendment, along with planning staff recommendation, and shall submit itsrecommendation on the proposed amendment to the Board of Commissioners. The PlanningBoard shall have forty-five (45) days within which to submit its recommendation. Failure of thePlanning Board to submit its recommendation within this time period shall constitute afavorable recommendation.Public Hearing RequirementsNo amendment to the Land Use Plan may be adopted until a public hearing has been held.Upon receipt of a recommendation from the Planning Board, the Planning Department shall,after consultation with the Clerk to the Board, schedule a public hearing before the Board ofCommissioners on the petition. The public notice shall be published one (1) time in anewspaper having general circulation within the County at least ten (10) days prior to thescheduled public hearing date. In computing this period, the date of publication shall not becounted but the date of the public hearing shall be.With respect to map amendments, the Planning Department shall provide first-class mailnotice of the public hearing to:(a) owners, according to county tax records, of all properties whose land use classificationis changed by the proposed amendment; and(b) owners, according to tax records, of all properties within 100 feet of the propertyaffected by the proposed amendment.The Planning Department may also post notices of the public hearing in the vicinity of theproperty affected by the proposed amendment and take any other action deemed by thePlanning Department to be useful or appropriate to give notice of the public hearing.2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan Plan AmendmentsPitt County, North Carolina 4-1