(a) Before enacting any amendment to this chapter, the town council shall hold a public hearing. A notice of such public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two successive weeks; the first publication shall not appear less than ten days or more than 25 days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing. In computing such period, the day of publication is not to be included, but the day of the hearing shall be included. The notice shall include the time, place and date of the hearing, and include a description of the property or the nature of the change or amendment to the chapter and/or map.
(b) Whenever there is a zoning classification action involving a parcel of land, the owner of that parcel of land as shown on the county tax listing, and the owners of all parcels of land abutting that parcel of land as shown on the county tax listing, as well as properties separated from the subject property by street, railroad, or other transportation corridors, shall be mailed a notice by the zoning administrator of the proposed classification by first- class mail at the last address listed for such owners on the county tax abstracts, provided that this mailing requirement does not apply in the case of a total rezoning of all property within the corporate limits of the town. The person mailing such notices shall certify to the town council that fact, and such certificate shall be deemed conclusive in the absence of fraud. This provision shall apply only when tax maps are available for the area to be zoned.
(Code 1989, § 92.174; Ord. of 1-22-1991; Ord. No. 21-05-11, 5-11-2021)