(A) Before adopting, amending, or repealing this chapter, the Town Board shall hold a public hearing on it. A notice of the public hearing shall be given once a week for two successive calendar weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the area. The notice shall be published for the first time not less than ten days nor more than 25 days before the date fixed for the hearing. Prior to a public hearing for any proposed map amendment, the owners of all properties adjacent to the subject property shall be notified by first-class mail of the place, date, time and nature of the hearing. The person mailing these notices shall certify in writing that he/she has done so. Provided, however, that the first class mail notice required under this section shall not be required if the zoning map amendment directly affects more than 50 properties, owned by a total of at least 50 different property owners, and the town elects to use the expanded published notice provided for in this section. In this instance, the town may elect either to make the mailed notice provided for in this section or may as an alternative elect to publish notice of the hearing for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the town as required by G.S. § 160A-364, but provided that each advertisement shall not be less than one-half of a newspaper page in size. The advertisement shall only be effective for property owners who reside in the area of general circulation of the newspaper that publishes the notice. Property owners who reside outside of the newspaper circulation area, according to the address listed on the most recent property tax listing for the affected property, shall be notified individually as provided above and in G.S. § 160A-384(b).
(B) If the adoption or modification of the ordinance 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 Board 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 public hearing. If the military provides comments or analysis regarding the compatibility of the proposed ordinance or amendment with military operations at the base, the Town Board shall take the comments and analysis into consideration before making a final determination on the ordinance.
(`94 Code, App. C, Art. X, §5) (Am. Ord. 06-16, passed 2-13-07)
Statutory reference:
For similar provisions, see § G.S. 160A-364