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Terms Used In 21 Guam Code Ann. § 61219

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(a) Applicability. Rezoning considerations shall be applicable to the following lots in Parcels 1 and 2:

Lots in Parcels 1 and 2 Eligible for Rezoning to M1
2157 2169 2182
2157-1 2173 2191-1
2158 2174 2276
2159 2175 2277
2160 2176 2278
2161 2176A-1 5193
2162 2177 5193-3
2163 2178 5199
2164 2179 5199-1
2165 2180 5200
2167 2181 5201-1
2181-A 5202-1

(b) Notification to Landowners. Within fifteen (15) working days from the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Department of Land Management shall send, by certified mail, notices to the last known registered owners of the lots listed in Subsection (a) informing them of this Act. A copy of this Act and information related to use regulations pursuant to § 61309 of Article 3, Chapter 61, Title 21, Guam Code Annotated, shall be attached to the notice.

(c) Affirmation of Rezoning.

(1) Within one hundred eighty (180) working days from the enactment of this Act, owners of the lots listed in Subsection (a), or their duly authorized representatives, must provide written affirmation to the Director of the Department of Land Management of their concurrence to rezone their lots to Light Industrial Zone (M1).

(2) In the case of pending probate court distributions, within one hundred eighty (180) working days from the Department of Land Management recordation of the Final Decree of Distribution, owners of the lots listed in Subsection (a), or their duly authorized representatives, must provide written affirmation to the Director of the Guam Department

of Land Management of their concurrence to rezone their lots to Light Industrial Zone (M1).

(d) Failure to Affirm or Non-Concurrence. The current lot zone shall remain unchanged in the event the owner of the lot, or an authorized representative, does not submit a written affirmation per Subsection (c) or does not concur with rezoning to M1. Any subsequent change in zoning shall be processed pursuant to 21
GCA Chapter 61.

(e) Update of Master Zoning Map and Other References. The Department of Land Management and the Bureau of Statistics and Plans shall update the Master Zoning Map and any other such documents, maps, public notices, and websites within one (1) year of the enactment of this Act.

(f) Recordation.

(1) The Department of Land Management shall post on its Records Division journals, its Planning Division lists, and its Survey Division maps, against each relevant lot, its affirmed zone or its retention zone within two hundred seventy (270) days of the enactment of this Act.

(2) The Department of Land Management shall, through its existing procedures, notify the Department of Revenue and Taxation of the updated rezoning within two hundred seventy (270) days of the enactment of this Act.

(3) The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall assess applicable real property taxes on these parcels, to be effective in the following tax year.

(g) Rezoning Fee. Each lot owner agreeing to the rezone of their lots to Light Industrial Zone (M1) shall be assessed a fee of Six Hundred Forty Dollars ($640.00) to defray costs related, but not limited to, research, notification, processing, recordation, and posting. Said fees shall be deposited in the Department of Land Management Land Survey Revolving Fund (LSRF).

SOURCE: Added as § 61218 by P.L. 34-045:2 (Oct. 13, 2017), and renumbered by the Compiler.

2017 NOTE: Subitem designations added to subsection (c) pursuant to the authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.
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