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(f) The County Council may make modifications, deletions, or additions to the proposed amendments as it may deem necessary, within the general intent and subject matter of the proposed amendments, in accordance with its rules of procedure. However, any County Council change to a proposed amendment which substantially changes the general intent or subject matter of the proposed amendment, such as newly adding or deleting a goal, policy, or course of action, or standard, or a map amendment which changes a land use designation of a parcel, shall be considered an entirely new proposed amendment and processed as a new interim amendment pursuant to section 16.2(1). (3) General Public (a) Consistent with the County Charter, a member of the public may submit an application requesting the Planning Director to initiate an amendment to the General Plan at any time except during the comprehensive review. (b) The application shall include: (i) A filing fee of $500.00 to cover the administrative cost of processing the application; (ii) A statement of the nature of the proposed amendment; (iii)A draft of the language of the proposed amendment; (iv)A statement of the reasons for granting the proposed change, supported by a written, documented assessment of the relationships of the proposed change with pertinent elements of the General Plan; and (v) Maps, graphs, plot plan, and other supportive information. (c) Upon receipt of a properly filed and completed application, the Planning Director shall have 120 days to take one of the following actions: (i) Reject the application for an amendment; or (ii) Initiate an amendment to the General Plan. (d) Should the Planning Director initiate an amendment, the amendment shall be processed according to section 16.2(2). (e) In the event that the Planning Director rejects an application for an amendment, the applicant may request the County Council to initiate an amendment on its behalf at any time, except during the comprehensive review. If the County Council decides to initiate the proposed amendment by resolution, the amendment procedure shall follow section 16.2(1). (f) In the event that an application is denied by the County Council, the same or a substantially similar application may not be submitted for consideration within one year following such denial, unless the applicant submits significant new data or additional reasons that the Planning Director may find to be a sufficient basis for the application to be considered." Exhibit A 7