When a public hearing is required pursuant to this title, the department shall be responsible for scheduling the hearing and the applicant responsible for ensuring notice is properly provided.
A. Notice In Newspaper: Application shall be advertised in the legal notice section of a newspaper of general circulation in the township or road district in which the subject property is situated, as selected by the county board. Notice shall appear once at least fifteen (15) but not more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the public hearing date and shall contain the following information:
1. The type of application sought, i.e., special use, variance, map amendment, or text amendment.
2. A short description of the proposed action requested.
3. A legal description of the parcel, the approximate street location or address, where possible, and a map of the area. If no street address is available, there shall be a reference to any well known landmark, highway, road, or intersection.
4. The name of the applicant and a statement indicating whether the petitioner or applicant is acting for himself or herself or as an agent, alter ego, or representative of a principal and the name and address of the principal.
a. If the applicant is a corporation, the correct names and addresses of all officers and directors of the corporation and of all stockholders or shareholders owning any interest in excess of twenty percent (20%) of all of the outstanding stock or shares of the corporation.
b. If the applicant is a business or entity doing business under an assumed name, the name and residence of all actual owners of the business or entity.
c. If the applicant is a partnership, joint venture, syndicate, or an unincorporated voluntary association; the names and addresses of all partners or members of the partnership, joint venture, syndicate, or unincorporated voluntary association.
5. The location, address, date, and time of the public hearing.
6. Information on where full details of the application may be obtained, including the location, hours, and telephone number.
The applicant will be responsible for the legal notices to be published.
B. Written Notice: The applicant shall provide written notice by certified mail to all owners of record of all residential property adjacent to the exterior boundary and within five hundred feet (500') of the subject property at least fifteen (15) but not more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the public hearing. The notice shall contain:
1. The name of the applicant and type of application sought, i.e., special use permit, variance, or map amendment.
2. Short description of the proposed action requested.
3. A legal description of the parcel, the approximate street location or address, where possible, a map of the area, and the name of the person seeking the application.
4. The location, address, date, and time of the public hearing.
5. Information on where full details of the application may be obtained, including the location, hours, and phone number.
6. The applicant shall be responsible for providing the department with postal proofs of delivery, certifying that the notices were mailed and received. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)