(A) Should the Town Board decide to accept the petition for an amendment, a public hearing shall be held by the Town Board of Commissioners. A notice of such public hearing shall be given once a week for two consecutive calendar weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Such notice shall be published the first time not less than ten days or more than 25 days before the date fixed for the hearing. In computing such period, the day of the publication is not to be included but the day of the hearing shall be included. Notice of public hearing shall be posted on the property in question not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. The posted notice shall be located 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 town shall post sufficient notices to provide reasonable notice to interested persons.
(B) 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 or 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 division (B). 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 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 according to the provisions of this section for first class mail notice.
(Ord. passed 9-3-1986; Ord. passed 1-1-2006; Ord. passed 5-6-2008)
Statutory reference:
Method of procedure, see G.S. § 160A-384