Prior to consideration of a building moving application by the Planning Commission and City Council, notice of public hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council shall be provided as follows.
(A) Posted notice.
(1) Notices shall be posted in a conspicuous place on or near the property to which the house or building is to be moved to (unless it is being moved outside the city) and on or near the building to be moved at least ten days prior to the dates of such public hearings. Each notice shall not be less than 18 inches in height and 24 inches in width, with black letters of not less than one and one-half inches in height on yellow or white background. Such posted notice shall be so placed upon such premises that it is easily visible from the street nearest the same.
(2) It shall be the duty of the applicant to make sure the signs are laminated or otherwise protected from the weather so that they remain visible and legible for the ten-day period. It shall be unlawful for anyone to remove, mutilate, destroy or change such posted notice prior to such hearing. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to make sure the signs remain posted for the ten-day period of time and in the event any sign is removed, mutilated, destroyed or changed, it shall be the duty of the applicant to promptly post a new sign for the remainder of the ten-day period.
(B) Notice by publication. At least ten days before the date of the hearing, the City Clerk, at the expense of the applicant, shall have published in a daily newspaper having a general circulation in the city a notice of the time, place and subject matter of such hearing. The notice shall also contain the designated moving route.
(C) Notice by personal service or mail. The applicant for such moving permit shall either personally serve or mail to the owners of all real estate within 300 feet of the real estate onto which the building is to be moved a written notice of the requested moving permit, setting forth the legal description and address of the location of the property onto which the building is to be moved, along with the date, time and place of such hearing at least ten days prior to the date of such hearing.
(D) Affidavit of compliance. The applicant shall be responsible for filing with the City Clerk on the date of the hearing an affidavit of hearing notice compliance. The affidavit shall verify that all notice requirements of this section have been complied with. The affidavit shall be submitted on a form approved by the city.
(Prior Code, § 114.12) (Ord. 01-28, passed 5-7-2001; Ord. 17-03, passed 1-16-2017) Penalty, see § 114.99