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Sec. 23-151. - Procedure for amendment.#
a.
These land development and subdivision review regulations may be amended by the Tiverton Planning Board, following a public hearing before the board. At this hearing, opportunity shall be given to all persons interested to be heard upon the matter of the proposed regulations.
b.
All amendments shall be consistent with all provisions of the Land Development and Subdivision Review Enabling Act of 1992, and with the Tiverton Comprehensive Plan and the Tiverton Zoning Ordinance.
(Reg. No. 2026-1, 1-6-26)
Sec. 23-152. - Public hearing and notice requirements.#
The planning board shall first give notice of the public hearing by publication of notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the Town of Tiverton at least once each week for three successive weeks prior to the date of the hearing, which may include the week in which the hearing is to be held. The newspaper notice shall be published as a display advertisement, using a type size at least as large as the normal type size used by the newspaper in its news articles, and shall include the following: a.
The date, time and place of the hearing;
b.
A statement that amendment of the land development and subdivision review regulations is under consideration;
c.
A statement of the proposed amendment in its entirety, or a summary of the matter under consideration;
d.
The location(s) where and the times when a copy of the proposed amendment may be obtained or examined and copied; and
e.
A statement that the proposed amendment may be altered or amended prior to the close of the public hearing without further advertising, as a result of further study or because of the views expressed at the public hearing, and that any such alteration or amendment must be presented for comment in the course of the public hearing.
(Reg. No. 2026-1, 1-6-26)
Sec. 23-153. - Written notice requirements.#
Written notice, which may be a copy of the newspaper notice, shall be mailed by first class mail at least two weeks prior to the hearing, to the following: a.
The Associate Director of the Division of Planning of the Rhode Island Department of Administration.
b.
The city or town planning board of any municipality where there is a public or quasipublic water source, or private water source that is used or is suitable for use as a public water source, located within 2,000 feet of the town boundaries.
c.
The governing body of any state or municipal water department or agency, special water district, or private water company that has riparian rights to a surface water resource and/or surface watershed, or groundwater resource, that is used or is suitable for use as a public water source located within either the town or 2,000 feet of the town boundaries, provided, however, that a map survey has been filed with the building official as specified in article XIX, section 4.d, of the Tiverton Zoning Ordinance.
(Reg. No. 2026-1, 1-6-26)