The Town Board may from time to time amend, supplement, change,
modify or repeal this ordinance, including the Zoning Map, by proceeding
in the following manner.
The Town Board, by resolution adopted at a stated meeting, shall
fix the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed amendment
and cause notice thereof to be given as follows:
A. By publishing a notice thereof at least 10 days prior to the date
fixed for such public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation
in the Town of Hempstead.
B. The notice shall state the general nature of the proposed amendment.
Whenever the owners of more than 50% of the frontage in any
district or part thereof affected by a proposed change of the ordinance
or change of the Zoning Map shall present to the Town Board a petition
duly signed and acknowledged requesting an amendment, supplement,
change, modification or repeal of the regulations prescribed for or
of the Zoning Map, including such district or part thereof, it shall
be the duty of the Town Board to hold a public hearing thereon and
cause notice thereof to be given in a manner prescribed in § 274.
[Effective 6-11-1966]
Every petition presented to the Town Board pursuant to the provisions
of § 275 or every application presented to the Town Board
for a special exception from the provisions of this ordinance, or
when the Town Board acts on its own motion, the resolution calling
the public hearing shall be accompanied by a complete and accurate
list of the names and addresses of the owners and occupants of all
of the lands within a radius of 200 feet of the property affected,
and the petitioners or the applicants, or the Town Clerk, when the
proposed amendment is on motion of the Town Board, shall mail to each
such owner and occupant, not less than seven days before the date
set for the hearing, a notice addressed to such owners and occupants,
signed by at least one of the petitioners or applicants, or the Town
Clerk, when the proposed amendment is on motion of the Town Board,
identifying the property affected thereby and setting forth the relief
requested or the proposed change, and the date, hour and place fixed
by the Town Board for a hearing thereon, and there shall be filed
with the office of the Town Clerk not later than four days prior to
such hearing an affidavit of the mailing of such notice as herein
provided.
[Effective 5-12-1969]
A petition for a special exception to conduct a gasoline filling
station may be presented to the Town Board simultaneously with a petition
for a change of classification to a zone in which such use is permitted
as a special exception. Should petitions be presented simultaneously,
as provided in this section, the public hearings shall be held on
the same day, either consecutively or concurrently, with the application
for the change of zone being decided first by the Town Board. Except
for simultaneous presentation as herein provided, a petition for a
special exception to conduct a gasoline station shall not be presented
to the Town Board within three months after the granting of a petition
for change of classification to a zone in which such use is permitted.
At a public hearing, full opportunity to be heard shall be given
to any citizen and all parties in interest.