20.84.100 Notice of public hearing.
Public hearings shall be required for all quasi-judicial permits and legislative actions. The hearing shall be held before the designated approving authority and shall be noticed in accordance with the following provisions:
A. Public Notice. The approving authority shall give a public notice not less than 10 days before the scheduled date of a hearing for discretionary actions requiring a public hearing.
B. Notice Content. The notice shall be distributed both in English and Spanish and state the date, time, and place of the hearing; identify the hearing body; provide a general explanation of the matter to be considered; and provide a general description of the property (text or diagram), if any, which is the subject of the hearing.
C. Notice Distribution. Notice of the public hearing shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to all of the following:
1. The owner of the subject real property or the owner’s designated agent; and
2. Each local agency expected to provide essential facilities or services to the location of the application or proposed project, or whose ability to provide services may be significantly altered by approval of the application or proposed project; and
3. All persons whose names and addresses are listed on the latest equalized assessment roll of the county as the owners of real property situated within 300 feet of the exterior boundary of the real property that is the subject of the hearing; and
4. All tenants located on all the real property situated within 300 feet of the exterior boundary of the real property that is the subject of the hearing; and
5. If the number of owners and/or tenants of property within 300 feet of the subject property exceeds 2,000 individuals, in addition to mailing the notices, notices must also be given pursuant to subsections (D) and (E) of this section.
D. Notice in Newspaper. Notice shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the city. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the city, then notice shall be posted in not less than three public places in the city established by city ordinance.
E. Notice on Social Media Forums. Notice shall be published in a text form, nonvideo, on all city social media accounts active within the last 30 days of the date of publication.
F. Other Notices. This notice shall be given in addition to any other notice required by law for other actions that are to be considered concurrently with an application or proposed project. This notice may be consolidated with any other notice required for other actions being considered concurrently with the action on the application or proposed project.
G. Mailing List. Any person who requests inclusion on a mailing list for notice of hearing for development projects shall submit such request in writing to the city clerk. The city may impose a reasonable fee for the purpose of recovering the cost of such notification.
H. Failure to Receive Notice. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65093, failure of any person or entity to receive notice required by law of any hearing shall not constitute grounds for any court to invalidate the actions of a designated approving authority for which the notice was given.
I. Special Noticing for Temporary Uses. Upon receipt of a complete application for approval of a temporary carnival, circus, fair, or similar event, the director of community development shall mail notice to the recorded owners and all tenants of property located within 300 feet of the development. The notice shall be distributed in both English and Spanish and contain all of the following:
1. A general description of the location of the subject property;
2. The time and manner in which comments on the proposal may be submitted for the director of community development’s consideration;
3. A description of the manner in which requests for notice of the director of community development’s decision on the application may be made;
4. A description of the manner in which decisions of the director of community development may be appealed;
5. If the number of owners and/or tenants of property within 300 feet of the subject property exceeds 2,000 individuals, in addition to mailing the notices, notice must also be given pursuant to subsections (D) and (E) of this section. (Ord. 708 § 2, 2020; Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).