A. Public review.
1. When a site analysis is required, the applicant is responsible for written contact of all property owners within the notification area and of affected neighborhood associations, and shall offer to hold a meeting, with a specified date, for review of the proposed rezoning. An adequate site analysis shall be available at the meeting;
2. The applicant shall provide written proof of contact and offer of meeting to the department at least thirty days prior to the date of public hearing by the commission;
3. The request shall not be set for public hearing without such written proof.
B. Public Notice.
1. Planning and zoning commission public hearing: A minimum of fifteen days prior to the hearing, the department shall provide notice by:
a. Publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county seat; and
b. Posting of the property or area to be considered at the hearing, with a minimum of two notices and, for rezonings, at least one notice each quarter mile of frontage along a public right-of-way, all such notices being at least seventeen by eleven inches in dimension; and
c. Mailing written notice, for rezoning items only, to all property owners within the proposed zoning district and all property owners within three hundred feet of the proposed district, except that notice shall be expanded to include owners of property within one thousand feet of the district if existing zoning of the district is RH, GR-1, SR or SR-2;
2. Board of supervisors public hearing: As required for the commission;
3. Exceptions: Mailed, written notice and posting of property for public hearings shall not be required for adoption or amendment of a county land use plan (refer to Chapter 18.89 Land Use Plans);
4. Expansion of notice: The commission or supervisors may expand the notification area to greater than three hundred feet, which shall be noticed prior to a public hearing;
5. Failure of notice: The unintentional failure to give written notice or the unintentional omission of the name of a property owner shall not invalidate an action of the commission or supervisors.
C. Public comment.
1. Neighborhood associations and other interested parties may register for notification of public hearings in accordance with written departmental policy;
2. Rules of procedure shall be in accordance with adopted written commission or supervisors policies.
D. United States Fish and Wildlife Service Comment.
1. The applicant is responsible for written notice to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the pending rezoning matter.
2. The applicant shall provide staff with written proof of notice to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service at least 30 days prior to the date of public hearing by the commission.
3. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may register for notification of public hearings pursuant to subsection 18.91.060(C).
(Ord. 2011-2 § 21, 2011; Ord. 2001-103 § 1 (part), 2001; Ord. 1999-79 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 1988-204 (part), 1989; Ord. 1985-141 § 1 (part), 1985)