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PLANNING 8s ZONING COMMISSION
PZ01-56
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 NOTIF1CATiON 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 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 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, this 24f~' day of October 2001.
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