20.07.020 Notice of Public Hearing.
Notice of a public hearing for all development applications and all closed record appeals shall be given as follows:
A. Time of Notices. Except as otherwise required, public notification of meetings, hearings, and pending actions under Titles 14 through 19 shall be made by:
1. Publication at least fifteen (15) days before the date of a public meeting, hearing, or pending action in the City’s official newspaper of general circulation; and
2. Mailing at least fifteen (15) days before the date of a public hearing, or pending action to all property owners as shown on the records of the County Assessor and to all street addresses of properties within five hundred (500) feet, not including street rights-of-way, of the boundaries of the property which is the subject of the meeting or pending action. Addressed, pre-stamped envelopes shall be provided by the applicant.
B. Content of Notice. The public notice shall include a general description of the proposed project, type of permit(s) required, comment period dates, a non-legal description of the property or a vicinity map or sketch, the time, date and place of the public hearing and the place where the complete application may be reviewed and where further information may be obtained.
C. Continuations. If, for any reason, a meeting or hearing on a pending action cannot be completed on the date set in the public notice, the meeting or hearing may be continued to a date certain and no further notice under this section is required.
D. General Procedure for Mailed Notice of Public Hearing. The City Clerk shall issue a sworn certificate of mailing to all persons entitled to notice under this Chapter. The City may choose to provide notice to other persons than those required to receive notice under the code. All public notices shall be deemed to have been provided or received on the date the notice is deposited in the mail or is personally received, whichever occurs first.
E. Cost of Public Hearing Notice. All costs associated with public notice shall be borne by the applicant.
F. Joint Hearings:
1. The City Zoning Administrator may combine any hearing on a project permit with any hearing that may be held by another local, state, regional, federal, or other agency, provided that the hearing is held within the geographic boundary of the City. Hearings shall be combined if requested by the applicant, as long as the joint hearing can be held within the time periods specified in 20.09.090 or the applicant agrees to the schedule in the event that additional time is needed in order to combine the hearings.
2. The City Zoning Administrator shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible with other agencies in holding a joint hearing if requested to do so, as long as:
a. The agency is not expressly prohibited by statute from doing so;
b. Sufficient notice of the hearing is given to meet each of the agencies’ adopted notice. requirements as set forth in statute, ordinance, or rule; and
c. The agency has received the necessary information about the proposed project from the applicant to hold its hearing at the same time as the City’s hearing.