When an application for a special permit, site
plan review or use variance involves property that is within 500 feet
of an adjacent municipality, as defined in § 239-nn of the General
Municipal Law, the Planning Commission shall give notice to the adjacent
municipality by mail or electronic transmission to the clerk of the
adjacent municipality at least 10 days prior to any hearing. Such
adjacent municipality may appear and be heard.
The Common Council may on its own motion or
on petition, or on recommendation of the Planning Commission, amend,
supplement or repeal the regulations and provisions of this chapter.
A. Every such proposed amendment or change, whether initiated
by the Common Council or by petition, shall be referred to the Planning
Commission for study and report thereon before the public hearing
hereinafter provided for.
B. Notice.
(1) The Common Council, by resolution adopted at a stated
meeting, shall fix the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed
amendments and cause notice to be given as follows:
(a)
By publishing a notice once a week for two consecutive
weeks in the official newspaper of the City.
(b)
By mailing a notice thereof to every association
of residents of the City, which shall have registered its name and
address for this purpose with the City Clerk.
(2) The notice shall state the general nature of the proposed
amendments as well as the text.
C. An amendment for rezoning may be initiated by a petition
of interested property owners or authorized agents of such owners
for rezoning of any land to less restricted district, provided that
said land is adjacent to or directly across a street or alley from
property which is already zoned in the same or less restricted zone
as that to which said property is proposed to be rezoned.
[Amended 11-23-2004 by Ord. No. 2-2004]
A. The property owner shall have 60 days to correct such
violation or face prosecution by the City of Norwich. Any person who
is found guilty of violating any provision of this chapter shall be
punishable by a fine of not to exceed the maximum allowed by law and/or
imprisonment not to exceed 15 days. Each violation of this chapter
shall be a separate offense and each day of said violation shall be
considered a separate offense.
B. The imposition of the above punishment shall not restrict
the City of Norwich in enforcing compliance with this chapter or other
appropriate proceeding.