§ 115-4-7. Public hearing procedures.

Public hearings required to be held by the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors shall be conducted in the following manner:

(a)

No public hearing as required by the provisions of this Chapter shall be held unless documented evidence can be presented that the following notice requirements have been satisfied.

(b)

The subject of the public hearing need not be advertised in full but may be advertised by reference. Every such advertisement shall contain a reference to the place or places within the County where copies of the subject hearing may be examined.

(c)

The hearing shall be held where the Board usually meets or at a place otherwise readily accessible to the proposed district.

(d)

Public notice of any hearing held shall be published once a week for two (2) successive weeks in a local newspaper having general circulation in the County. Such notice shall be published not less than six (6) days nor more than twenty-one (21) days before the date of the hearing, and shall specify the date, time and place of hearing, a description of the application, and any available recommendations of the Advisory Committee and/or Planning Commission. If such recommendations are not available at the time of notice, the notice shall specify where such recommendations may be obtained when they are available. Such notice shall be the responsibility of the hearing body.

(e)

The hearing body shall submit written notice to the property owner(s) of each parcel involved such to be postmarked at least twenty (20) days before the day of the hearing. Such written notice shall be by certified mail, return receipt requested, delivered to the last-known address of such owner(s) as shown on the current real estate tax assessment books.

(f)

The Zoning Administrator shall, at least fifteen (15) days before the date of the first hearing, post on the land involved in any application a notice of the public hearing. Said notice(s) shall be removed no later than seven (7) days after the conclusion of the last hearing to which they pertain.

(1)

Said notice shall be posted at reasonable intervals along every street abutting the subject property, or, if there is no abutting street, then along the exterior boundary lines of the subject property and within a distance of three hundred (300) feet along every street providing access thereto.

(2)

Said notice shall contain the date, location, and time of the public hearing, a description of the application, and such other information as may be necessary to provide adequate identification of the application, and additionally, where further information on the application may be obtained.

(g)

The applicant(s) shall send written notice to all owners of the property abutting and immediately across the street from the subject property. If such property owners total less than ten (10), then written notice shall be given to other property owners in the immediate vicinity so that notices are sent to not less then ten (10) owners.

(1)

Such written notice shall state the date, time and place of the public hearing, a description of the application, the location and size of the district, and the name of the applicant(s).

(2)

Such written notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, and postmarked not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing, to the last-known address of the owner(s) as shown on the current real estate assessment books. (21-95-115.)