Pursuant to Public Act 06-80, the Town of Westport has established a 'notice registry' on which landowners, electors and nonprofit organizations may place their name if they want to receive advance notice of public hearings held before the Westport Planning & Zoning Commission on matters involving proposed changes the Commission initiates to amend the town's zoning regulations, zoning map, subdivision regulations or Town Plan of Conservation and Development.   

Names and addresses will remain on the registry for a period of three years, after which residents can renew their name on the registry for successive three-year periods.  Any land owner, elector or nonprofit organization wishing to place their name on such registry must submit in writing their name and mailing address, or e-mail address if they want to receive notices via e-mail, to:  

Planning & Zoning Department
Westport Town Hall
110 Myrtle Ave.
Westport CT, 06880

See "Contact Us" to send an email request to the Planning and Zoning Department to be placed on the registry list. 

Public Act 06-80 also states that proof of mailing as evidenced by a certificate of mailing will now be required for all, applications, requests or appeals submitted to the Planning & Zoning Commission or Zoning Board of Appeals and the Conservation Commission where a hearing is held and public notices are mailed out to surrounding property owners.   

Individuals who file applications will be required at the time of application to submit stamped and addressed envelopes to surrounding property owners that must be picked at the time the legal notice is drafted and bring these to the post office and return to the P&Z office the completed Certificates of Mailing (Postal Service Form 3817 or 3877). 

Any applicant who does not have the certificates returned prior to the hearing may have their application deemed incomplete by the Commission.

Both of these provisions became effective on Oct. 1, 2006.