Lindenhurst City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVIII
Zoning Map Amendments
§ 193-187 Authority of Board.
The Board of Trustees may from time to time amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal this chapter, including the Zoning Map, by proceeding in the manner described herein.
§ 193-188 Public hearings.
The Board of Trustees, 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 once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the Village.
[Amended 1-6-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976]
B.
Notification of property owners.[1]
[Added 3-22-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988]
(1)
The applicant shall give notice to all property owners within a five-hundred-foot radius of the request for a change of zone.
(2)
The notice shall take the form mentioned in Subsection D below and shall be mailed via return receipt requested to all property owners within a five-hundred-foot radius of the applicant. The applicant shall file an affidavit and return receipts with the Village showing that he or she has complied with the provisions of this section.
C.
The notice shall state the general nature of the proposed amendment.
D.
By requiring that the applicant erect a white-with-black-lettering sign or signs measuring not less than 30 inches high and 40 inches wide which shall be prominently displayed on the premises facing each public street on which the property abuts, giving notice that an application for a change of zoning classification is pending and the date, time and place where the public hearing will be held. The sign shall not be set back more than 10 feet from the property line and shall be not less than two nor more than six feet above the grade at the property line. The sign shall be made of fourteen-ply pressed board or other durable material. It shall be displayed for a period of not less than 10 days immediately preceding the public hearing or any adjourned date. The filing of an affidavit by the property owner that this action has been complied with shall be deemed sufficient proof of compliance herewith. The notice shall be in the following form:
[Added 6-26-1972]
NOTICE | |
APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY FROM _____________ DISTRICT TO ________________ DISTRICT A public hearing will be held before the Board the _____ day of ______________, 20_____, at _____________ (a.m. or p.m.) at of Trustees of the Village of Lindenhurst on the above application on Dated: ___________________, 19_____ | |
Applicant | |
For further information contact the Village Clerk, 957-7500. | |
E.
The Board of Trustees shall, in authorizing any changes of zone, impose conditions and safeguards as it may deem appropriate, necessary or desirable to preserve and protect the spirit and objectives of the Building Zone Ordinances.
[Added 6-26-1972]
§ 193-189 Expiration of applications.
[Added 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
Rezoning applications shall automatically be deemed withdrawn by the applicant one year from the date of the receipt by the Village of the application, if the applicant has not by the end of that time submitted a complete application and complied with all application requirements, including environmental impact studies and any and all other information required by the Village.
§ 193-190 Petitions.
Whenever the owners of 50% or more of the frontage in any district or part thereof shall present to the Board of Trustees 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 Board of Trustees to hold a public hearing thereon, and cause notice thereof to be given in the manner prescribed in § 193-164.