§ 1-1021. Public notification for amendments, conditional zoning, conditional or special use permits, variances, manufactured home family member residences, and gunsmith home occupations.

A.

Publication of notice. .....The zoning administrator, upon acceptance of any application, shall cause a notice of the public hearing to be published. Public newspaper notice of the time and place of such hearing, together with a summary describing the proposed application shall be published in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in Isle of Wight County once each week for two (2) successive weeks in accordance with Section 15.2-2204(A) of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended.

B.

Written notice to adjoining property owners.

1.

Map amendments. .....In the case of proposed map amendments, the zoning administrator shall send written notice to adjoining property owners, whether separated by streets, railroads or other rights-of-way, of the time, date, place and nature of the public hearing, at least ten (10) days.

2.

Conditional use permits.

a.

Before an application for a conditional use may be heard by the planning commission, a complete and accurate list of the names and addresses of the owners of all the lands adjoining and within a radius of two hundred (200) feet of the property affected by such application shall be prepared by the zoning administrator.

b.

The zoning administrator shall send, by mail, to each owner shown on said list, at least ten (10) days before the date set for a hearing upon such application, a notice addressed to such owners generally, identifying the property affected thereby, and setting forth the conditional use requested and the date, hour and place fixed by the planning commission for the hearing thereon. This provision shall likewise apply to any application for the extension of a temporary conditional use.

C.

Posting of signs.

1.

In addition to notice of public hearings as required by the applicable statues of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the applicant for amendments, conditional zoning, conditional or special use permits, variances, manufactured home family member residences and gunsmith home occupations shall erect on or immediately adjacent to such property a sign or signs as specified herein giving public notice of the zoning action required.

2.

The sign must meet the following criteria:

a.

The wording, size and color of such sign shall be as specified by the zoning administrator and approved by the board of supervisors.

b.

One (1) sign shall be erected so as to be visible and legible to each abutting public street. Where the property has extensive road frontage, one (1) sign shall be erected for each five hundred (500) feet of frontage. When a property has no frontage directly on a public street, it shall be posted adjacent to the nearest public street from which future access is contemplated.

c.

Such signs shall be erected not less than seven (7) calendar days before any public hearing of which they give notice and removed by the applicant within two (2) days after the final public hearing before the action of the board of supervisors on said application.

3.

Such signs shall be required for each public hearing at which the application is considered. It shall be unlawful for any person to pull down, write on, cut or otherwise injure or deface such public notice, which will constitute violation of this ordinance.

a.

The applicant shall be responsible for the maintenance or replacement of signs obliterated or destroyed during the posting period.

b.

The zoning administrator may require the applicant to deposit with the county a cash bond equal to the replacement value of the sign(s).

D.

[Addition requirements.] .....The additional requirements for public notice and posting on the property is for the benefit of the public to identify the location of the property in question only and to have advanced knowledge of a hearing and is not a legal requirement of notice and the failure to comply with the provisions herein shall not defeat the action of the board of supervisors concerning the application. The only legal notice requirements shall be those provided by the statutes of the Commonwealth of Virginia. (7-7-05, 3-20-14; 7-19-18.)