§ 16.132.020. Public hearing notice

When the planning commission or city council is required to hold a public hearing for an action authorized or required by this code, the hearing shall be conducted according to the following procedures:

A. Notice of Public Hearing.

1. Each notice of a public hearing for any quasi-judicial land use application shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least twenty (20), but not more than forty (40) days, prior to the date of hearing. In addition, at least twenty (20) days prior to the hearing, but not more than forty (40) days prior to the hearing, notices shall be mailed to all owners of property within one hundred (100) feet of the exterior boundary of the property for which the application is made. For this purpose the names and addresses of the owners as shown on the records of the county assessor shall be used.

2. Each notice of a public hearing for any legislative land use proposal shall be published at least two times in a newspaper of general circulation of the city, at least twenty (20), but not more than forty (40) days prior to the hearing.

3. The public hearing notice shall:

a. Explain the nature of the application and the proposed use or uses which could be authorized;

b. List the applicable criteria from the ordinance;

c. Set forth the street address or other easily understood geographical reference to the subject property;

d. State the date, time and location of the hearing;

e. State that failure of an issue to be raised in a hearing, in person or by letter, or failure to provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the board based on that issue;

f. Include the name of a local government representative to contact and the telephone number where additional information may be obtained;

g. State that a copy of the application, all documents and evidence submitted by or on behalf of the applicant and applicable criteria are available for inspection at no cost and will be provided at reasonable cost;

h. State that a copy of the staff report will be available for inspection at no cost at least seven days prior to the hearing and will be provided at reasonable cost; and

i. Include a general explanation of the requirements for submission of testimony and the procedure for conduct of hearings.

4. Failure of a person to receive the notice prescribed in this section shall not invalidate a proceeding if notice is provided as described in subsection (A)(1) of this section. Mailed notices to owners of real property required by this section shall be deemed given to those owners named and in ownership since the last complete tax assessment roll was prepared. The failure of the city to cause a notice to be mailed to an owner of a lot or parcel of property created or that has changed ownership since the last complete tax assessment roll was prepared shall not invalidate a proceeding prescribed by this code.

(Ord. 2000-28 § 1: prior code § 10.830)