HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 1942-2001~a~~~7
Suggested by: Administration
CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE N0. 1942-2001
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AMENDING
KMC 14.20.280(c) TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT NOTIFICATION OF
PUBLIC HEARINGS BE SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL.
WHEREAS, certified mailings are not required by state law; and
WHEREAS, other cities on the Kenai Peninsula no longer use certified mailings for
public hearing notifications; and
WHEREAS, certified mailings require extra expense; and
WHEREAS, Planning Department personnel can certify that they mailed the notices as
required; and
WHEREAS, recipients of certified mailings are often inconvenienced by having to go to
the post office to pick up the mailings and sign for them; and
WHEREAS, it appears that sending public hearing notices via regular U.S. mail is
adequate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA that KMC 14.20.280(c) if hereby amended to read:
14.20.280 Public hearings and notifications.
(c) Property Owner Notification: Notification shall be mailed [SENT BY
CERTIFIED MAIL] to real property owners on record on the borough
assessor's records within a three hundred-foot (300') periphery of the
parcel affected by the proposed action. This notice shall be mailed not
less than ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing. When a public
hearing is to be held about a proposed zoning ordinance amendment
involving a change in the text or major district boundary changes, no
notification of neighboring property owners shall be required, but notices
shall be displayed in at least three (3) public places.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of
November 2001.
ATTEST:
JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR
Sheryl A. Padilla, Acting City Clerk
Introduced: November 7, 2001
Adopted: November 21, 2001
Effective: December 21, 2001
CITY OF KENAI
PLANNING 8v ZONING COMMISSION
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A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, ALASKA, RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, THAT KMC 14.20.280(c) BE AMENDED TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT
THAT NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BE SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL.
WHEREAS, certified mailings are not required by state law; and
WHEREAS, other cities on the Kenai Peninsula no longer use certified mailings for
public hearing notifications; and
WHEREAS, certified mailings require extra expense; and
WHEREAS, Planning Department personnel can certify that they mailed the notices as
required; and
WHEREAS, recipients of certified mailings are often inconvenienced by having to go to
the post office to pick up the mailings and sign for them; and
WHEREAS, it appears that sending public hearing notices via regular U. S. mail is
adequate.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS
THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA AMEND KMC 14.20.280(c) to
read:
14.20.280 Public hearings and notifications.
(c) Property Owner Notification: Notification shall be mailed [SENT BY
CERTIFIED MAIL] to real property owners on record on the borough
assessor's records within a three hundred-foot (300') periphery of the
parcel affected by the proposed action. This notice shall be mailed not
less than ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing. When a public
hearing is to be held about a proposed zoning ordinance amendment
involving a change in the text or major district bound char es no
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notification of neighbonng property owners shall be required, but notices
shall be displayed in at least three (3) public places.
PASSED BY THE PLA~G AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, this 24th day of October 2001.
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