[Amended 3-9-2004]
All petitions, applications, request or appeals
shall be submitted to the Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Commission
of the Town of Orange.
When an application to conduct or cause to be
conducted a regulated activity upon an inland wetland or water course
is filed and any portion of such wetland or water course is within
500 feet of the boundary of another municipality, the applicant shall
give written notice of the application by certified mail, return receipt
requested, on the same day to the Inland Wetland Commission of such
other municipality. Documentation of such notice shall be provided
to the Commission.
[Amended 2-13-2007]
When an application is filed to conduct or cause
to be conducted a regulated activity upon an inland wetland or water
course, any portion of which is within the watershed of a water company
as defined in Section 25-32a of the General Statutes, the applicant
shall provide written notice of the application to the water company
and the Commissioner of Public Health in a format prescribed by said
Commissioner, provided such water company or said Commissioner has
filed a map showing the boundaries of the watershed on the land records
of the municipality in which the application is made and with the
inland wetlands agency of such municipality. Such notice shall be
made by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be mailed
not later than seven days after the date of the application. The water
company and the Commissioner of Public Health, through a representative,
may appear and be heard at any hearing on the application.
[Amended 3-9-2004]
The date of receipt of a petition, application,
request or appeal shall be the day of the next regularly scheduled
meeting of the Commission, immediately following the day of submission
to such agency or its agent of such petition, application, request
or appeal, or 35 days after such submission, whichever is sooner.
At any time during the review period, the Commission may require the applicant to provide additional information about the regulated area or regulated activity which is the subject of the application, or wetlands or water courses affected by the regulated activity. Requests for additional information shall not stay the time limitations set forth in §
381-48.
All applications shall be open for public inspection.
Incomplete applications may be denied.