(A) No ordinance that amends any of the provisions of this ordinance may be adopted until a public hearing has been held on the ordinance.
(B) The Administrator shall publish a notice of the public hearing on any amendments to this ordinance once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the area. The notice shall be published for the first time not less than ten days or more than 25 days before the date fixed for the hearing. In computing this period, the date of publication shall not be counted but the date of the hearing shall be.
(C) With respect to map amendments, the Administrator shall mail written notice of the public hearing to the recorded owners as shown on the county tax listing of all properties whose zoning classification are changed by the proposed amendment as well as the owners of all properties which are within 150 feet of the property rezoned by the amendment or whose property may be substantially impacted because of access or property activity as a result of the proposed rezoning. This notice must be deposited in the mail at least ten but not more than 25 days prior to the date of the public hearing. The person or persons mailing the notices shall certify to the Town Commissioners that the mailing was done and the certificate shall be deemed conclusive and absent of fraud.
(D) When a zoning map amendment is proposed, the Administrator shall prominently post a notice of the public hearing on the site proposed for rezoning, or on an adjacent public street or highway right-of-way at least ten but not more than 25 days prior to the date of the public hearing. When multiple parcels are included within a proposed zoning map amendment, a posting on each individual parcel is not required. However, the town shall post sufficient notices to provide reasonable notice to interested persons.
(E) The notice required or authorized by this section shall:
(1) State the date, time; and place of the public hearing;
(2) Summarize the nature and character of the proposed change;
(3) Reasonably identify the property whose classification would be affected by the amendment, if the proposed amendment involves a change in zoning district classification;
(4) State the full text of the amendment can be obtained from the Town Clerk; and
(5) State that substantial changes in the proposed amendment may be made following the public hearing.
(F) If the adoption or modification would result in changes to the zoning map or would change or affect the permitted uses of land located five miles or less from the perimeter boundary of a military base, the town shall provide written notice of the proposed changes by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the commander of the military base not less than ten days nor more than 25 days before the date fixed for the hearing. If the commander of the military base provides comments or analysis regarding the compatibility of the proposed development regulation or amendment with military operations at the base, the governing board shall take the comments and analysis into consideration before making a final determination on the ordinance.
(Ord. passed 2-10-2009, § 13.5; Ord. passed 7-6-2022, §§ 2.22, 2.23; Ord. passed 2024)