(a) Zoning of Annexed Lands. Zoning classification for any land annexed into the City shall be established by ordinance, pursuant to Chapter 8A, Article 7, simultaneously with the adoption of the annexation resolution required by West Virginia Code, Chapter 8, Article 6, as amended. City Council shall hear zoning recommendations from the Planning Commission for the subject area during the required hearing for annexation. Prior to any hearings, the Moundsville Planning Commission shall submit its written recommendations, to be consistent with the comprehensive plan, to City Council at least thirty (30) days prior to the hearing for annexation.
(1) Prior to the annexation hearing and formal zoning designation of any parcel(s) of land being annexed, the City shall, at least thirty (30) days prior to the enactment of the zoning map amendment:
i. Give written notice, by certified mail, to the landowner(s) whose property is directly involved in the proposed amendment; and
ii. Publish a notice of the proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance map as a Class II-0 legal advertisement, pursuant to West Virginia Code Chapter 59.
iii. After the required thirty (30) day notice period ends, and the property owner(s) have been notified by certified mail the City Council shall hold a public hearing regarding the zoning designation of the newly annexed land. After the hearing City Council can, by ordinance, designate the zoning districts for the annexed land.
(b) Whenever any street, place, alley, public right-of-way, railroad right-of-way, waterway, or other similar area is vacated by proper authority, the districts adjoining each side of such street, place, alley, public way, railroad right-of-way, waterway, or similar area shall be extended automatically to the center of such vacation and all area included in the vacation shall then and thenceforth be subject to all appropriate provisions of the extended districts. In the event of a partial vacation, the adjoining district, or district nearest the portion vacated, shall be extended automatically to include all of the vacated area.
(Passed 10-3-17.)