[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Simsbury 5-14-2007.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Conservation Commission/Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency — See
Charter, Section 705.
Planning Commission — See Ch. 52.
Whenever any land use application or applications within the Town of
Simsbury require review or decision by any combination of the Board of Selectmen,
Planning Commission, Zoning Commission, Conservation Commission/Inland Wetlands
and Watercourses Agency or Zoning Board of Appeals, upon the affirmative vote
of each Board or Commission, those agencies may hold joint public hearings
with respect to some or all of the applications or other matters before them
when it appears that such joint public hearings are in the best interest of
the Town.
Each participating agency shall be responsible for providing separate
notice of the hearing, and such notices shall identify the proceeding as a
joint hearing. Whenever practicable, consolidated notice of the joint public
hearing, shall be given in the manner required by each agency's regulations.
Such notice shall be in accord with the requirements applicable to each of
the applications or other matters to be considered and shall comply with the
Connecticut Freedom of Information Act.
The agencies participating in the joint public hearing shall adopt procedures
for the conduct of joint public hearings.
After the joint public hearing is closed, each participating agency
shall meet separately to deliberate and decide the application or applications
regarding which it has jurisdiction.
