(A) Notice is required for public hearings and public meetings to consider the adoption or modification of land use regulations, in accordance with UCA § 10-9a-205. A public hearing is required to consider the adoption or modification of a land use regulation and notice shall be provided.
(B) The city shall give:
(1) Notice of the date, time, and place of the public hearing to consider the adoption or any modification of a land use regulation; and
(2) Notice of each public meeting on the subject.
(C) Each notice of a public hearing under division (B)(1) above shall be:
(1) Mailed to each affected entity at least ten calendar days before the public hearing;
(2) Posted in at least three public locations within the city or on the city’s official website; and
(3) Published:
(a) In a newspaper of general circulation in the area at least ten calendar days before the public hearing and on the state’s public notice website at least ten calendar days before the public hearing; or
(b) Mailed at least ten calendar days before the public hearing to:
1. Each property owner whose land is directly affected by the land use ordinance change; and
2. Each adjacent property owner within the parameters specified by the city’s proposed ordinance.
(D) Each notice of a public meeting under division (B)(2) above shall be at least 24 hours before the meeting and shall be posted:
(1) In at least three public locations within the city; and/or
(2) On the city’s official website.
(E) The city shall send a courtesy notice to each owner of private real property whose property is located entirely or partially within a proposed zoning map enactment or amendment at least ten days before the scheduled day of the public hearing.
(1) The notice shall:
(a) Identify with specificity each owner of record of real property that will be affected by the proposed zoning map or map amendments;
(b) State the current zone in which the real property is located;
(c) State the proposed new zone for the real property;
(d) Provide information regarding or a reference to the proposed regulations, prohibitions, and permitted uses that the property will be subject to if the zoning map or map amendment is adopted;
(e) State that the owner of real property may no later than ten days after the day of the first public hearing file a written objection to the inclusion of the owner’s property in the proposed zoning map or map amendment;
(f) State the address where the property owner should file the protest;
(g) Notify the property owner that each written objection filed with the municipality will be provided to the municipal legislative body; and
(h) State the location, date, and time of the public hearing.
(2) If the city mails notice to a property owner in accordance with division (B)(3)(b) above for a public hearing on a zoning map or map amendment, the notice required in this subsection may be included in or part of the notice described in division (B)(3)(b) above rather than sent separately.
(Ord. 2021-003, passed 3-9-2021)