Lynbrook City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
Amendment Procedure
§ 252-109 Authority.
The Board of Trustees may, from time to time, on its motion or on petition or on recommendation of the Planning Board, amend, supplement or repeal the regulations and provisions of this chapter pursuant to the provisions of the Village Law of the State of New York.
§ 252-109.1 Notice of public hearing.
[Added 11-5-1990 by L.L. No. 6-1990]
A.
The Board of Trustees, by resolution, shall fix the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed zoning amendment and cause notice thereof to be given as follows:
(1)
By publishing a notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the Village, and, if there is no such newspaper, such notice shall be published in the newspaper designated by the Village Board of Trustees for such purposes at least 10 days prior to the scheduled public hearing date.
(2)
In the event of a change of zoning district, by mailing a copy of such notice to all property owners within the boundaries of all property proposed to be changed by such amendment and to all property owners immediately adjacent and directly opposite thereto for a distance of 200 feet from the perimeter of the property proposed to be rezoned by such amendment. Said notice shall be sent by either certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, to such property owners at the address shown on the current Lynbrook Village assessment roll, which names and addresses shall be verified by the deeds duly recorded with the office of the Clerk of Nassau County and shall be mailed to such property owner at least 10 days prior to the public hearing.
[Amended 12-17-1990 by L.L. No. 8-1990]
B.
The notices to be given hereunder shall contain the following information: the nature of the proposed amendment; a description of the property to be rezoned, which description shall be sufficient to identify the property that is to be rezoned; the proposed change; and the date, hour and place fixed by the Village Board for a hearing thereon.
§ 252-110 Petitions for amendment.
[Amended 3-3-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986; 7-25-2005 by L.L. No. 4-2005]
All petitions presented to the Board of Trustees for amendment or change of this chapter shall be duly signed and acknowledged by the petitioners or by subscribing witnesses. The Board of Trustees shall act upon such petition within a reasonable time and vote upon such petition after a duly held public hearing. All petitions shall be accompanied by a fee in such amount as established by the Board by resolution.
§ 252-111 Approval over protest.
Where a protest against any such amendment, supplement or change is presented, at or before the public hearing duly signed and acknowledged by the owners or their agents, of 20% or more of either the area of the lots included in such proposed change or the land immediately adjacent to the rear thereof extending 100 feet therefrom or of those directly opposite thereto extending 100 feet from the street frontage of such opposite land, such amendment shall not become effective except by a favorable vote of all the members of the Board of Trustees.