For purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively.
(a) “Clerk of Council” means the Village Clerk of Council.
(b) “Day” means a calendar day.
(c) “Meeting” means any prearranged discussion of the public business of the municipal body by a majority of the members of the municipal body.
(d) “Municipal body” means each of the following: Council, Planning and Zoning Board, Board of Zoning Appeals, Architectural Review Board, and committees of the above municipal bodies comprised of members of such bodies.
(e) “Oral notification” means notification given orally either in person, by telephone, directly to the person for whom the notification is intended, or by leaving an oral message for the person at the address, or if by telephone, at the telephone number of the person as shown on the records kept by the Clerk of Council under this chapter. (Ord. 1976-06. Passed 4-21-76.)
(f) “Post” means to post in an area accessible to the public during the usual business hours at the office of the Clerk of Council and at the locations listed below. A notice identifying the locations at which notification will be posted pursuant to this subsection shall be published by the Clerk of Council within ten calendar days after its adoption.
(1) Digital Information Sign outside the entrance to Village Hall
27899 Chagrin Boulevard
Woodmere, Ohio
(2) Cuyahoga County Public Library
31975 Chagrin Boulevard
Pepper Pike, Ohio
(3) Village website – www.woodmerevillage.com
(Ord. 2022-99. Passed 11-9-22.)
(g) “Published” means published once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Municipality, as defined in Ohio R.C. 7.12 except that no portion of the newspaper need be printed in the Municipality. If at the time of any publication there is no newspaper of general circulation, then the publication shall be in a newspaper then determined by the Clerk of Council to have the largest circulation in the Municipality.
(h) “Special meeting” means a meeting which is neither a regular meeting nor an adjournment of a regular, or special, meeting to another time or day to consider items specifically stated on the original agenda of the regular, or special, meeting.
(i) “Written notification” means notification in writing mailed, telegraphed, or delivered to the address of the person for whom the notification is intended as shown on the records kept by the Clerk of Council under this chapter, or in any way delivered to the person. If mailed, the notification shall be mailed by first- class mail, deposited in a U.S. Postal Service mailbox no later than the second day preceding the day of the meeting to which the notification refers, provided that at least one regular mail delivery day falls between the day of mailing and the day of the meeting.
(Ord. 1976-06. Passed 4-21-76.)
(Ord. 1976-06. Passed 4-21-76.)