PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS Public hearings must comply with the notification requirements contained in 156.183 Notification Requirements of Lockport s Zoning Ordinance which is summarized below. The applicant shall be responsible for Notice by Sign, Written Notice, and Certification of Notice. Planning Department staff will be responsible for published notice unless the applicant is notified otherwise. The applicant is responsible for reimbursing the City for cost to publish the notice. 1. PUBLISHED NOTICE. At least fifteen days notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in an official paper of general circulation in the City of Lockport. Unless notified otherwise Planning Department staff will comply with the published notice requirements. In order for the City to prepare the notice the applicant must provide city staff with an editable form of the legal description (preferably Microsoft Word). 2. WRITTEN NOTICE. An applicant for any public hearing, not less than 15 days and not more than 30 days prior to the date set for the public hearing, serve written notice in person or by registered mail, return receipt requested, on the owners as recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds and as appears from the authentic tax records of the county of all property within 250 feet in each direction of the property lines of the subject property for which the public hearing is requested, provided that the number of feet occupied by all public roads, streets, alleys and other public ways shall be excluded in computing the 250 feet requirement. A copy of the notice with a copy of the list of addresses shall be submitted to the Planning Department at the time the notice is sent. The notice shall contain the address of the location for which the public hearing is requested, a brief statement of the nature of the request, the name and address of the legal and beneficial owner of the property, and the time and date on which the hearing shall be held. A vicinity map with current and proposed zoning showing the location of the subject property with current and proposed zoning shall be included with the notice. If after a bona fide effort to determine the above by the applicant, the owner cannot be found, the notice requirements of this section shall be deemed satisfied upon filing by the applicant of an affidavit evidencing the inability to serve the notice. 3. NOTICE BY SIGN. An applicant for public hearing shall, not less than fifteen days prior to the date before the public hearing post a readable sign facing each adjacent roadway. Sign(s) must be removed no later than ten days after completion of the hearing. Sign Requirements: The face of the sign(s) required by this Section should be at least 36 inches in height and 48 inches in length. The sign(s) shall contain the current zoning action requested, date, time, and place where said hearing shall be held, a statement that further information can be obtained from the petitioner and the Zoning Administrator of the City of Lockport, and the phone number of the City of Lockport and the applicant. The sign shall have a white background with 1.5 inch high black block letters, except that the words PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE shall be in 3 inch high red capital block letters. All costs associated with hearing sign(s) are to be borne by the applicant.
4. CERTIFICATION OF NOTICE. The applicant shall furnish, at or before the time of hearing, a written statement certifying that he has complied with the requirements of this subsection. Attached to the written statement shall be a list of all property owners notified in accordance with the above, the returned notices which are undeliverable by the post office, a copy of the notice sent to each of the individuals therein specified, and an affidavit, witnessed by a notary public that the sign was erected according to the City requirements.
PUBLIC HEARING SAMPLE SIGN AND WRITTEN NOTICE SAMPLE OF NOTICE BY SIGN: HEARING FOR: INSERT REQUEST HEARING LOCATION: Lockport Central Square 222 E 9 th Street Lockport, Il 60441 Date: INSERT DATE Time: 7:00 PM PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AND COMMENTS INVITED For details call: Fill in petitioners name and phone or City of Lockport 815-838-0549
SAMPLE OF WRITTEN NOTICE: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT DATE Dear Property Owner: This will serve to advise you that pursuant to Section 156.183 of Lockport s Zoning Ordinance, as property owners within 250 feet of the above referenced property, you are hereby provided with notice of a public hearing to be held by the Lockport Plan and Zoning Commission on, 2015 at 7:00 PM on the Third Floor of the Central Square Building, 222 E 9 th Street, Lockport, Il 60441. The Public Hearing shall be for the purpose of considering and hearing testimony for. All persons present shall be given an opportunity to be heard. You are further notified that the proposed may be changed, altered, modified, amended in its entirety after the public hearing based on discussions held during the Committee of the Whole and City Council meetings. If you have any questions regarding the aforementioned request, please contact the City of Lockport Planning Department at cpascavage@lockport.org or at 815.838.0549 Extension 1130. Property owner information: Owned by: Insert name Owner Address: Insert address Sincerely, APPLICANT Attachments Location Map
LOCATION MAP INSERT LOCATION MAP