A. A public hearing shall be held for all major land development projects and major subdivisions and when a street extension or creation is proposed for a minor land development project or minor subdivision.
B. Public notice of the hearing shall be given at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the Town following the Town's usual and customary practices for such advertising. Notice shall be sent to the applicant and to each abutter, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the time and place of the hearing not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing. Said notice shall also include the street address of the subject property, or if no street address is available, the distance from the nearest existing intersection in tenths (1/10's) of a mile.
C. Notice of the public hearing shall be sent by first class mail to the city or Town Planning Board of any municipality where there is a public or quasi-public water source, or private water source that is used or is suitable for use as a public water source, located within two thousand (2,000') feet of Middletown's boundaries.
D. Notice of a public hearing shall be sent to the governing body of any state or municipal water department or agency, special water district, or private water company that has riparian rights to a surface water resource and/or surface watershed that is used, or is suitable for use, as a public water source located within either Middletown or two thousand (2,000') feet of the Middletown's boundaries, provided, that a map survey has been filed with the Building Inspector as specified in section R.I.G.L. 45-24-53 (E).
E. Notice of the public hearing shall be sent to an adjacent municipality if (1) the adjacent municipality is an abutter or (2) the development site extends into the adjacent municipality, or (3) there is a potential for significant negative impact on the adjacent municipality.
The cost of all notices for Public Hearings shall be borne by the applicant.