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11 <br /> <br />proposed amendment, and shall state the times at which it will be available to the public for <br />inspection and copying at the office of the County Auditor. <br />8. The Planning Commission shall consider the application at the date established for the <br />hearing, and give opportunity for parties of interest and citizens to be heard. The Planning <br />Commission shall make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners to grant, <br />amend, or deny the application. <br />9. Upon receipt of the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the Board of County <br />Commissioners shall hold a public hearing. Notice of this hearing (including the general <br />character of the proposed amendments, the time and place of the hearing and that the <br />proposed amendments are on file for public inspection at the office of the County Auditor) <br />shall be posted and advertised once a week for two weeks prior to the hearing in the official <br />County newspaper and any newspaper of general circulation in the county at the discretion <br />of the County Planner or the Board of County Commissioners. Based on the results of the <br />hearing, other public input, the staff report and findings of the Planning Commission, the <br />Cass County Board of Commissioners may adopt the proposed amendments with such <br />changes it may deem advisable. <br />10. Upon adoption of the proposed amendment with any changes it deems advisable, the <br />County Auditor shall file a certified copy of the adopted amendment with the County <br />Recorder. Immediately after the adoption of the amendment with any changes, the County <br />Auditor shall cause notice of the same to be published for two successive weeks in the <br />official newspaper of the County and in such other newspapers published in the county as <br />the Board of County Commissioners may deem necessary. Said notice of the same shall <br />describe the nature, scope, and purpose of the adopted amendment, and shall state the <br />times at which it will be available to the public for inspection and copying at the office of the <br />recorder. Proof of such publication shall be filed in the office of the County Auditor. If no <br />petition for a separate hearing is filed within 30 days after the first notice publication <br />pursuant to NDCC 11-33-10 or NDCC 11-33.2, the amendment thereto shall take effect upon <br />the expiration of the time for filing said petition. If a petition for a separate hearing is filed <br />within 30 days after the first notice publication pursuant to NDCCC 11-33-10 or NDCC 11- <br />33.2, the amendment shall not take effect until the Board of County Commissioners has <br />affirmed such amendment in accordance with the relevant procedures established in the <br />North Dakota Century Code. This Ordinance may, from time to time, be amended or <br />repealed by the Board of County Commissioners upon like proceedings as in the case of its <br />original adoption or subsequent amendment. <br />11. In the event that an application to amend this Ordinance is denied by the Board of County <br />Commissioners or that the application for amendment is withdrawn after the hearing of the <br />Planning Commission, the County Planner shall have the authority to refuse to accept <br />another application for any similar amendment for one year from the date of hearing of the <br />previous application by the Planning Commission.