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Bogalusa |
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Code of Ordinances |
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Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION |
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Article III. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS |
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Division 6. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION |
§ 2-166. Approval of plats.
The planning and zoning commission shall approve or disapprove a plat within sixty (60) days after the submission thereof to it; otherwise such plat shall be deemed to have been approved, and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the commission on demand. The applicant for the commission's approval may, however, waive this requirement and consent to an extension of such period. The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated upon the records of the commission. Any plat submitted to the commission shall contain the name and address of a person to whom notice of a hearing shall be sent. No plat shall be acted on by the commission without affording a hearing thereon. Notice shall be sent to the address by certified mail of the time and place of such hearing not less than five (5) days before the date fixed therefor. The planning and zoning commission shall give notice of such hearings, including the purpose, time, and place, by at least one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area surrounding the proposed subdivision, not less than five (5) days prior to the hearing date. Every plat approved by the planning and zoning commission shall, by virtue of such approval, be deemed to be an amendment of or an addition to or a detail of the official plan and a part thereof. Approval of a plat shall not be deemed to constitute or effect an acceptance by the public of any street or other open space shown upon the plat. The planning and zoning commission may, from time to time, recommend to the city council amendments of the zoning chapter or map or additions thereto to conform to the commission's recommendations for the zoning regulation of the territory comprised within approved subdivisions.
(Code 1955, § 2-18)