Code Section: 306.3 (b)(2)

Subject: Thirty-acre notification provision

Effective Date: 1/97

Interpretation:

   This Paragraph states that when a map amendment is to reclassify an area greater than 30 acres, some exception to the notification procedure is allowed but it is unclear how the exception differs from the rule. This is because the "rule" is not in the Code. It has been the practice to individually describe in the notice, each lot proposed for reclassification. When very large areas are proposed for reclassification it is unreasonable to list each individual lot affected. Nevertheless, it was thought that the practice of doing so had been so long-standing and consistent as to have the effect of law and that legislation was necessary to legally vary from the practice. This paragraph resulted but failed to offer any explanation of the practice from which an exception was being provided.