17.74.020 Notice of hearing.
The public shall be provided advance notice of any public hearing required by this zoning code, in compliance with Government Code Sections 65090, 65091, and/or any other state law requirements applicable, as follows:
A. Contents of Notice. The notice for a public hearing shall include the following information, and any additional information determined by the planning director to be appropriate:
1. Hearing Information. The date, time, place of the hearing, name of the hearing body, and the phone number and street address of the department where an interested person may call or visit to obtain additional information.
2. Project Information. A general explanation of the matter to be considered, and a general description, in text and/or diagram, of the location of the property that is the subject of the hearing.
3. Statement on Environmental Document. If a draft negative declaration, mitigated negative declaration, environmental impact report, or statement of exemption from the requirements of CEQA has been prepared for the project, the hearing notice shall include a statement that the review authority will consider approval or acceptance of those CEQA documents.
B. Method of Distribution. Notice of a public hearing required by this zoning code for a planning permit, amendment, or appeal shall be given as follows, as required by Government Code Sections 65090 and 65901:
1. Publication. Notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least ten days before the date of the hearing.
2. Mailing. Notice shall be mailed or delivered at least ten days before the date of the hearing to the following:
a. Project site owners and applicant for the property being considered in the application;
b. All owners of real property as shown on the latest county equalized assessment roll within a radius of three hundred feet from the exterior boundaries of the parcel that is subject to the hearing; and
c. Persons requesting notice who have filed a written request for notice with the planning director and has paid the required fee for the notice.
3. Alternative to Mailing. If the number of property owners to whom notice would be mailed is more than one thousand, the planning director may choose to provide alternative notice by placing a display advertisement of at least one-eighth page in a newspaper of general circulation within the city at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing, in compliance with Government Code Section 65091(a)(3). (Ord. 706 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019).