Before any zoning permit is issued affecting any land within three hundred (300) feet of the centerline of a proposed new highway or a highway for which changes are proposed as described in the certification to local officials by the Director of Transportation or any land within radius of five hundred (500) feet from the point of intersection of said centerline with any public road or highway, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall give notice, by registered mail to the Director of Transportation that he shall not issue a zoning permit for one hundred twenty (120) days from the date the notice is received by the Director of Transportation. If the Director of Transportation notifies the Zoning Enforcement Officer that he shall proceed to acquire the land needed, then the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall refuse to issue the Zoning Permit. If the Director of Transportation notifies the Zoning Enforcement Officer that acquisition at this time is not in the public interest or upon the expiration of the one hundred twenty (120) day period of any extension thereof agreed upon the Director of Transportation and the property owner, the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall, if the application is in conformance with all provisions of this Zoning Ordinance, issue the Zoning Permit.
(Ord. 2005-34. Passed 12-12-05.)