14.1 These regulations and the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Map for the City of Shelton may be amended, from time to time, by the Agency in accordance with changes in the Connecticut General Statutes or regulations of the State Department of Environmental Protection, or as new information regarding soils and inland wetlands and watercourses becomes available.

14.2 These regulations and the City of Shelton Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Map shall be amended in the manner specified in Section 22a-42a of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended. The Agency shall provide the Commissioner of Environmental Protection with a copy of any proposed regulations and notice of the public hearing to consider any proposed regulations or amendments thereto, except determinations of boundaries, at least thirty-five days before the public hearing on - their adoption. Application forms and fee schedules shall be considered as part of the Agency regulations.

14.3 Petitions requesting changes or amendments to the "Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Map, Shelton, Connecticut" shall contain at least the following information:

a. the applicant's name, address, telephone number;

b. The owner's name (if not the applicant), address, telephone number, and a written consent to the proposed action set forth in the application;

c. applicant's interest in the land;

d. the geographic location of the property involved in the petition including a description of the land in sufficient detail to allow identification of the disputed wetland or watercourse areas;

e. the reasons for the requested actions;

f. the names and addresses of adjacent property owners; and

g. a map showing proposed development of the property.

14.4 The Inland Wetlands Agency may require the applicant to present documentation by a soil scientist that the land in question does not have a soil type classified by the National Cooperative soils survey poorly drained, very poorly drained, alluvial, or flood plain. Such documentation includes a map of the land in question signed by a soil scientist on which the lag locations defining the boundaries of the regulated soil types are depicted.

14.5 Watercourses shall be delineated by a soil scientist, geologist, ecologist or other qualified individual.

14.6 A public hearing shall be held on petitions to amend the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Map, Notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the municipality at least twice at intervals of not less than two days, the first not more than twenty-five days nor less than fifteen days, and last not less than two days, before such hearing. A copy of such proposed boundary change shall be filed in the office of the town clerk, for public inspection at least ten days before such hearing.

14.7 Within ninety (90) days after receipt of a petition for a change in the mapped boundaries of any wetland or watercourse, the Agency shall hold a public hearing to consider the petition. The Agency shall act upon the changes requested in such petition within sixty (60) days after the close of the hearing. The public hearing shall be concluded within forty-five days. The petitioner may consent to extension of the periods provided or may withdraw such petition.

14.8 The Agency shall make its decision and state, in writing, the reasons for that decision.