(A) Before enacting any amendment to the chapter, the Village Council shall hold a legislative hearing to solicit public comment on the proposed amendment.
(B) Public notice of the hearing shall be given, as required by G.S. § 160D-601, as follows.
(1) Newspaper notice. A notice of such hearing shall be given once a week for two successive calendar weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the village, said notices to be published the first time not less than ten days and not more than 25 days before the date fixed for such hearing.
(2) Mailed notice. When an amendment to the official zoning map (zoning map amendment) is proposed, the owner of that parcel of land, as shown on the county tax listing, that is subject of a proposed zoning amendment, and the owners of all parcels of land abutting that parcel of land as shown on the county tax listing, shall be mailed a notice of a hearing on the proposed amendment by first class mail at the addresses listed for such owners on the county abstracts. Such notice must be deposited in the mail at least ten but not more than 25 days prior to the date of the hearing. The person or persons mailing such notices shall certify to the Village Council that fact, and such certificate shall be deemed conclusive in the absence of fraud.
(3) Alternative to mailed notice. The first class mail notice required in division (B) above 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 village elects to use the expanded published notice provided for in this division (C). In this instance, the village may elect to either make the mailed notice provided for in division (B) above, or may as an alternative elect to publish notice of the hearing as required by G.S. § 160D-601 (and enumerated in division (A) above), 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 which 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 according to the provisions of division (B) above.
(4) Posted notice. When a zoning map amendment is proposed, the village shall prominently post a notice of the hearing on the site proposed for rezoning or on an adjacent public street or highway right-of-way. When multiple parcels are included within a proposed zoning map amendment, a posting on each individual parcel is not required, but the village shall post sufficient notices to provide reasonable notice to interested persons.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1 Art. XIII § 1304) (Res. R-2021.9, passed 6-22-2021)