A. Public Hearing Required. The following procedures shall govern the notice and public hearing, where required pursuant to this title. A public hearing shall be held for the consideration of all sign programs, variances, conditional use permits, comprehensive design reviews, development agreements, specific plans and subsequent specific plan amendments, Prezonings, zoning code amendments (text and map), and general plan amendments considered by the Planning Commission or City Council. The hearing shall be held before the designated approving authority as identified in this title.
B. Notice of Hearing. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65090 to 65094, not less than ten (10) days before the scheduled date of a hearing, public notice shall be given of such hearing in the manner listed below. The notice shall state the date, time, and place of hearing, identify the hearing body, and provide a general explanation of the matter to be considered and a general description of the real property (text or diagram), if any, which is the subject of the hearing.
1. Notice of public hearing shall be published in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the city.
2. Except as otherwise provided herein, notice of the public hearing shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the owners of property within a radius of three hundred (300) feet of the exterior boundaries of the property involved in the application, using for this purpose the last known name and address of such owners as shown upon the current tax assessors records. If the number of owners exceeds one thousand (1,000), the city may, in lieu of mailed notice, provide notice by placing notice of at least one eighth (1/8) page in one (1) newspaper of general circulation within the city.
3. Notice of the public hearing shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the owner of the subject real property or the owner's authorized agent and to each local agency expected to provide water, sewerage, streets, roads, schools, or other essential facilities or services to the proposed project.
4. Notice of the public hearing shall be posted at City Hall.
5. Notice of the public hearing shall be mailed to any person who has filed a written request for notice.
6. In addition to the notice required by this section, the city may give notice of the hearing in any other manner it deems necessary or desirable.
C. Requests for Notification. Any person who requests to be on a mailing list for notice of hearing shall submit such request in writing to the City Clerk. The city may impose a reasonable fee for the purpose of recovering the cost of such notification.
D. Receipt of Notice. Failure of any person or entity to receive any properly issued notice required by law for any hearing required by this title shall not constitute grounds for any court to invalidate the actions of a designated approving authority for which the notice was given.
E. Hearing Procedure. Hearings as provided for in this chapter shall be held at the date, time, and place for which notice has been given as required in this chapter. The approving authority shall conduct the public hearing and hear testimony from interested persons. The summary minutes shall be prepared and made part of the permanent file of the case. Any hearing may be continued to a date certain. If the hearing is not continued to a specific date/time, then the hearing shall be re-noticed. (Ord. 2010-02 § 1 (part), 2010)