The public hearing to consider the granting of the application shall be conducted in accordance with the following provisions:
(A) The hearing date shall be set by the Planning Director for not less than ten days, nor more than 45 days, after the period for comments on the application from the Department of Conservation has expired under § 19.08.060(F);
(B) Notice of the public hearing shall contain the time and place of the hearing and the location and proposed use of the subject property. The notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city not less than ten days before the hearing date;
(C) (1) In addition to the published notice, written notice shall be either:
(a) Mailed, postage prepaid, not less than ten days before the hearing date, to the owners of all property within a radius of 500 feet of the exterior boundaries of the subject property; or
(b) Posted in front of the subject property not less than ten days prior to the date of the hearing.
(2) Any such posted notice shall include the words "NOTICE OF PROPOSED SURFACE MINING PERMIT" printed in plain type with letters of not less than one inch in height and shall contain a statement in legible characters setting forth a description of the subject property, the nature of the proposed surface mining permit and the time and place at which the public hearing on the matter will be held before the Commission. The notice may also be posted at intervals of not more than 150 feet along each street or public way within 500 feet of the external boundaries of the subject property.
(D) Not less than ten days nor more than 30 days after publication of the legal notice of a public hearing on the application, the Commission shall hold the public hearing.
(`78 Code, § 19.08.070.) (Ord. 2386 § 1 (part), 1999.)