Written notice requirements

Written notice, which may be a copy of the newspaper notice, or otherwise gives the date, time and place of the public hearing, and the nature and purpose thereof, shall be mailed at least two (2) weeks in advance of the public hearing date to the following:

• • A. The Associate Director of the Division of Planning of the Rhode Island Department of Administration, by first class mail.

  • B. All owners of real property, including that within an adjacent community, which is located in, or within not less than two hundred (200) feet of the perimeter of, or is located on the same dead-end street as, the area proposed for change under an application for a zoning map amendment, by registered or certified mail.

  • C. The city or town council of any adjacent community, by first class mail, to which either of the following pertain:

    • 1. Which is located in or within not less than two hundred (200) feet of the boundary of the area proposed for change under an application for a zoning map amendment; or

    • 2. Where there is a public or quasi-public water source, or private water source that is used, or is suitable for use, as a public water source, within two thousand (2,000) feet of any real property that is the subject of a proposed zoning map amendment, regardless of municipal boundaries.

  • D. 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 that is used or is suitable for use as a public water source, and that is within two thousand (2,000) feet of any real property which is the subject of a proposed zoning change, by first class mail, provided however, that such governing body has filed with the building inspector of the Town of Warren a map survey, which shall be kept as a public record, showing areas of surface water resources and/or watersheds and parcels of land within two thousand (2,000) feet thereof.