(A) Neighborhood meeting. Prior to any public hearing, as required under § 150.015, on any application for any zoning ordinance that changes any property from one zoning district to another, a use or conditional use permit application that imposes any regulation not previously imposed, or that removes or modifies any regulation previously imposed, the Community Development Director or designee, shall require the applicant to conduct a neighborhood meeting or an acceptable alternative prior to a public hearing to consider the proposal. A written notice of the application shall be mailed to all adjacent landowners of the property that is subject to a re-zoning, use or special use permit application and to the other persons as the Community Development Director or designee reasonably determines to be other potentially affected citizens. In determining the number of potentially affected citizens, the Community Development Director or designee, shall review the density and intensity of residential development in the general vicinity, the existing street system and other factors that may be related to the zoning or use permit’s impact on the character of the neighborhood.
(B) Written notice. The written notice shall also include a general explanation of the substance of the proposed re-zoning, use permit or special use permit application and shall state the date, time and place scheduled for a neighborhood meeting, at which any adjacent landowner(s) or those other potentially affected citizens, will be provided a reasonable opportunity to express any issues or concerns that the landowner or citizen may have with the proposed zoning or use permit application.
(C) Publication. At the discretion of the Community Development Director, written notice shall be given at least 15 days before the neighborhood meeting in at least one of the following methods:
(1) The notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published or circulated in the town.
(2) The notice shall be posted upon the sign required in § 150.015 unless waived by the Community Development Director or designee.
(3) The notice shall be mailed in accordance with the same procedures, and delivered in accordance with the provisions of § 150.015.
(D) Time, date and location. The Community Development Director, upon consultation with the applicant, shall establish a time, date and place for the neighborhood meeting that provides a reasonable opportunity for the applicant, adjacent landowners and those other potentially affected citizens to discuss and express their respective views concerning the application and any issues or concerns that they may have with the zoning or re-zoning ordinance and use permit proposed by the application. The Community Development Director or designee shall attend the meeting, but is not required to conduct the meeting. The Community Development Director or designee shall report the results of the neighborhood meeting to the Planning and Zoning Commission and Mayor and Town Council at the time as they take action on the application.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4, Art. I, § 4-18) (Ord. 432-06, passed 6-19-2006; Ord. 689-20, passed 4-6-2020)