Notice and hearing

A. The Zoning Board of Review, immediately upon receipt of an application for a variance of the literal terms of the Zoning Ordinance, shall request that the Planning Board and/or staff shall report its findings and recommendations, in the form of development plan review (see Article XIV, § 260-73), including a statement on the general consistency of the application with the goals and purposes of the Comprehensive Plan of the Town, in writing to the Zoning Board of Review within 45 days of receipt of the application from that Board.
B. The Zoning Board of Review shall hold a public hearing on any application for variance in an expeditious manner, after receipt, in proper form, of an application, and shall give public notice thereof at least 14 days prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper of local circulation in the town. The same notice shall be posted in the Town Clerk's office and one other municipal building in the Town and on the home page of its website at least 14 days prior to the hearing. Notice of hearing shall be sent by first-class mail to the applicant, and to at least all those who would require notice under Article XVII and (R.I.G.L. § 45-24-53) and to all property owners of record within 200 feet of the perimeter of the subject property (excluding road rights-of-way). The requirement for notice by certified mail shall apply where properties within 200 feet are located in an adjacent municipality. The notice shall include the street address of the subject property.