A. Applicants shall conduct a neighborhood meeting for comprehensive plan amendments, variances, conditional uses, zoning ordinance map amendments, expansions or extensions of nonconforming uses, and subdivisions.
B. It shall be the sole duty of the applicant to provide written notice to all property owners or purchasers of record owning property within the radius required in subsection 8-7A-5C of this article of the exterior boundary of the application property and to all registered neighborhood associations deemed appropriate by the director. Notice of a neighborhood meeting shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, mailed radius notices already required by this title, except when notice of a neighborhood meeting is required of five hundred (500) or more property owners or purchasers of record, alternate forms of notice may be provided in accord with subsection 8-7A-5D1 of this article.
C. The purpose of the neighborhood meeting shall be to review the proposed project. Such neighborhood meeting shall be held in person; however, upon request to the Director of Development Services, the neighborhood meeting may be held virtually if the Director determines there is good cause for holding the meeting virtually.
1. In person meetings requirements.
a. The meeting shall be on a weekend between ten o'clock (10:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. or on a weekday between six o'clock (6:00) P.M. and eight o'clock (8:00) P.M. The meeting shall not be on a holiday, a holiday weekend, or the day before a holiday or holiday weekend.
b. The meeting shall be held at one of the following locations:
i. On the subject property;
ii. At the nearest available public meeting place including, but not limited to, fire station, library, or community center; or
iii. At an office space with suitable meeting facilities if such facilities are within a one-mile radius of the nearest public meeting place.
2. Remote/Virtual Meeting Requirements:
a. If a neighborhood meeting is to be conducted by remote/virtual means, any required notices shall contain sufficient information so the public may attend via the remote/virtual means.
b. The meeting shall be on a weekend between ten o'clock (10:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. or on a weekday between six o'clock (6:00) P.M. and eight o'clock (8:00) P.M. The meeting shall not be on a holiday, a holiday weekend, or the day before a holiday or holiday weekend.
D. The neighborhood meeting shall be conducted prior to submission of the application. The neighborhood meeting shall not be conducted more than six (6) months prior to submission of the application.
E. The application materials shall include a written verification of the neighborhood meeting. (Ord. 389, 6-14-2000; amd. Ord. 426, 9-26-2001; amd. Ord. 490, 4-9-2003; amd. Ord. 738, 2-23-2010; amd. Ord. 929, 9-8-2021)