[Amended 9-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-18; 12-4-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
Written notice, which may be a copy of the newspaper
notice, or otherwise gives the date, time and place of the public
hearing, and the nature and purpose thereof, shall be sent at least
two weeks in advance of the public hearing date to the applicant,
and to the following. The cost of mailings shall be borne by the applicant.
A. Owners of all property, including that in any adjacent community, which is located in or within not less than 200 feet of the perimeter of a proposed map amendment, where the proposed amendment includes a specific change to the Zoning Map, by registered, certified, or first-class mail to the property address and the last known address of the owners, as shown on the current real estate tax assessment records of the Town of Barrington; for any notice sent by first-class mail, the sender of the notice shall submit a notarized affidavit to attest to such mailing. Such written notice shall include a copy of the map required in §
185-47.
B. The Town or city council of any adjacent community,
by first class mail, to which either of the following pertain:
(1) Which is located in or within not less than 200 feet
of the boundary of the area proposed for change.
(2) Where there is a public or quasi-public water source,
or private water source that is used or is suitable for use as a public
water source, which lies within 2,000 feet of any area which may be
affected by the proposed amendment.
C. The governing body of any state or municipal water
department or agency, special water district or private water company
that has riparian rights to a surface water resource and/or surface
watershed that is used or is suitable for use as a public water source
and that is within 2,000 feet of any area which may be affected by
the proposed amendment, by first class mail; provided, however, that
such governing body has filed with the Building Official a map survey,
which shall be kept as a public record, showing areas of surface water
resources and/or watersheds and parcels of land within 2,000 feet
thereof.
D. Where a proposed text amendment to an existing zoning ordinance would cause a conforming lot of record to become nonconforming by lot area or frontage, written notice shall be given to all owners of the real property as shown on the current real estate tax assessment records of the Town. The notice shall be given by first-class mail at least two weeks prior to the hearing at which the text amendment is to be considered, with the content required by Subsection
A. The notice shall include reference to the merger clause and the impacts of common ownership of nonconforming lots.
E. There is hereby established a public notice registry allowing any
person or entity to register for electronic notice of any changes
to the zoning ordinance. The Director shall maintain the public notice
registry and shall provide public notice annually of the existence
of the electronic registry by publication of notice in a newspaper
of general circulation within the Town.
(1) Notice pursuant to a public notice registry as per this subsection does not alone qualify a person or entity on the public notice registry as an "aggrieved party" under §
185-5.
Within five days after the enactment of an amendment,
the Town Clerk shall make copies of such amendment available to the
public and shall append copies of such amendment to the record copy
of the zoning ordinance. Where the amendment changes the Zoning Map,
the record copy of said map shall be amended within 90 days of the
authorized change, and a notation shall be made thereon, giving the
date of amendment and the appropriate reference into Town Council
records.