In addition to the provisions for notice contained in any other
statute, ordinance or regulation, no individual, company, corporation,
municipal legislative or administrative body shall enact or act on
any ordinance, regulation or rule or other matter specifically affecting
the use of a parcel(s) of land, with or without improvements, situated
within the Town of East Haddam, until the owner of said parcel(s)
and all owners of parcels as recorded on the last completed Grand
List of said Town of East Haddam within a distance of 100 feet, from
any boundary, of said parcel(s) affected, has been notified, in writing,
certified mail, return receipt requested, not less than 14 days prior
to any hearing or meeting pertaining to any such act or enactment.
Any request to or by a public body for such an act or enactment
shall not be heard or acted upon until the party making such request
submits evidence of compliance with the notice provisions of this
article.
The deposit of notice, addressed to the proper parties, in writing,
in the United State Post Office, certified mail, return receipt requested,
shall be deemed sufficient notice and evidence thereof may be given
by filing an affidavit, with return receipts attached, attesting that
such notice was complied with by the requesting party, who shall be
responsible for such notice, which shall become a part of the file
of said public body.
The requirements and provisions of this notice and article shall
not apply to the enactment of any ordinance or regulation of general
application and/or enforcement, nor shall it apply to the ordinary
maintenance and repair of municipal property, including highways.
The term "act or enactment," as used in this article, shall
be defined to mean the actual adoption of any ordinance, regulation
or rule or other matter specifically affecting the use of a parcel
of land, with or without improvements, situated within the Town of
East Haddam, which must be obeyed by the owner(s) as hereinbefore
defined, subject to sanctions or legal consequences.