The California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 13568b, requires that all development within the coastal zone (except that which is categorically excluded) must receive public notice regardless of whether this Zoning Code requires a public hearing before the development can be approved or disapproved. Public notice requirements for projects requiring a public hearing are provided in Section 17.58.020. This section provides notice requirements for projects requiring zoning clearance, or site plan and architectural review by the director, which are not appealable to the Coastal Commission in compliance with Public Resources Code Section 30603, and which are not categorically excluded.
A. Distribution of Notice. Within ten days of accepting a land use permit application for a non-appealable development, or at least ten days before the city's decision on the application, the city shall provide notice, by first-class mail, of the pending development approval, to:
1. All persons who have requested to be on the mailing list for the particular project or for decisions by the city within the coastal zone;
2. All owners of real property as shown on the latest San Luis Obispo County equalized assessment roll, and residents, within a radius of one hundre feet of the exterior boundaries of the parcel involved in the application; and
3. The Coastal Commission.
B. Content of Notice. The notice shall contain the information required for public notices by Section 17.58.020(A), and the following:
1. The date the application will be acted upon by the city's review authority;
2. The city's general procedure concerning the submission of public comments either in writing or orally before the decision is rendered; and
3. A statement that a public comment period of sufficient time to allow for the submission of comments by mail will be held before the decision is rendered.