(A) The County Board of Commissioners may from time to time amend the terms of this chapter, but no amendment shall become effective unless it shall have been proposed by, or shall have been submitted to, the Planning Board for review and recommendation. The Planning Board shall have 30 days from the time proposed amendment is submitted to it within which to submit its report. If the Planning Board fails to submit a report within the specified time, it shall be deemed to have recommended approval of the amendment.
(B) No amendment shall be adopted by the governing body until it has held a public hearing on the amendment. Notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county area at least once a week for two successive calendar weeks prior to the hearing. The initial notice shall appear not more than 25, nor less than ten, days prior to the hearing date. In computing the ten and 25- day periods, the date of publication is not to be counted, but the date of the hearing is.
(Ord. passed 4-17-1989)