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. Chapter Thirteen Amendments & Changes The person or persons mailing such notices shall certify to the decision making body that fact, and such certificate shall be deemed conclusive in the absence of fraud. The first class mail notice of this section shall not be required in the following situations: 1. The total rezoning of all property within the boundaries of the County or a zoning area as defined in G.S. 153A-342 2. The zoning is an initial zoning of the entire zoning jurisdiction area; 3. The zoning reclassification action directly affects more than fifty (50) properties, owned by a total of at least fifty (50) different property owners; 4. The reclassification is an amendment to the zoning text; or 5. The County is adopting a water supply watershed protection program as required by G.5. 143-214.5. In any case where this subsection eliminates the notice required earlier in this section, the County shall publish notice of the hearings required by G.5. 153A-323, but provided that each of the advertisements shall not be less than one-half (1/2) of a newspaper page in size. The notice shall only be effective for property owners who reside in the area of general circulation of the newspaper which publishes the notice. Property owners who reside outside of the County's jurisdiction or outsider of the newspaper circulation area, according to the address listed on the most recent property tax listing for the affected property shall be notified by mail pursuant to this section. The person or persons mailing the notices shall certify to the decision making body that fact, and the certificates shall be deemed conclusive in the absence of fraud. Posting of Signs. The County shall post one or more prominent signs immediately adjacent to the subject area of a rezoning petition reasonably calculated to give public notice of the proposed rezoning. -Step 7: Timing of Public Hearing by County Commissioners. If the Plarming and Zoning Commission action is appealed as described in Step 4 above, then the party pursuing the action before the Board of Commissioners shall pay the advertising fee and the action shall be re-advertised. Within forty five (45) days of a recommendation by the Plarming and Zoning Commission on an application to amend text or atlas, or, within the lapse of forty-five (45) days with no recommendation, a public hearing may be scheduled with the County Commissioners to be held at their next available meeting. Notification of the hearing shall follow the requirements of Step 6 above. 9 jI-:l(J-)