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Suggested by: Administration
CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE N0.2007-2003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AMENDING
KMC 14.20.280(c) TO ALLOW NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE SENT BY
REGULAR 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 pickup the mailings and sign for them; and,
WHEREAS, sending public hearing notices via regular U. S. mail will reduce costs to
the taxpayers and make it easier for affected persons to pickup their notices.
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 16~ day of July, 2003.
ATTEST:
~ Carol L. Freas, City Clerk
Introduced: July 2, 2003
Adopted: July 16, 2003
Effective: August 16, 2003