Planning and Development Committee
Energy and Technology Committee
AN ACT AUTHORIZING NOTICE OF ZONE CHANGES TO BE SENT BY ELECTRONIC MAIL
SUMMARY: This act allows municipal zoning commissions to send certain notices to regional planning agencies (RPAs) by email, instead of certified mail. It applies to the notices the law requires commissions to send RPAs about regulatory proposals affecting areas within 500 feet of another municipality within the RPA's region. Under the act, a zoning commission that chooses to email the notice must send it to the email address an RPA has designated on its website for notice receipt.
By law, the zoning commission must send the notice at least 30 days before a required public hearing on the changes. Under the act, if a commission does not receive an email from an RPA confirming receipt of the notice, it must also send the RPA notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, at least 25 days before the public hearing. By law, the RPA must study the commission's proposal and report its findings and recommendations to the commission at or before its hearing. The report is only advisory.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2011
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