When a notice of appeal or a request for a variance has been filed in proper form with the Planning Commission, the Secretary shall immediately place the request on the calendar for hearing and shall cause notices stating the time, place, and purpose of the hearing to be issued. The notice shall be served personally or by mail, addressed to the parties making the request at least 15 days prior to the date of the scheduled hearing. Notices of the hearing will also be sent to the owners of property adjoining and across the street from the property for which a deviation from this Zoning Code is being asked. The public notice shall be published in either of the following methods, to be determined by the legislative authority.
(a) By posting copies thereof in not less than five of the most public places in the municipal corporation, to be determined by the legislative authority for a period of not less than 15 days prior to the taking effect thereof. Where this publication is by posting, the Clerk shall make a certification as to the posting, and as to the time when and places where the posting is done, in the manner provided in Ohio R. C. 731.24. This certificate shall be prima facie evidence that the copies were posted as required.
(b) By publication thereof in any newspaper printed in this state and of general circulation in the municipal corporation. Two notices setting forth the time and place of the hearing, the nature of the proposed change or amendment, and that the opportunity will be afforded all who wish to make comments on the proposed deviation from this Zoning Code shall be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the Village. The first publication of the notice shall appear at least 15 days prior to the public hearing by the Planning Commission. The Commission, at its discretion, may send out further notices to publicize the hearings. The Commission may recess hearings from time to time, and, if the time and place of the continued hearing are publicly announced at the time of adjournment, no further notice shall be required.