A. Applicant Notice: For each land use application, the city shall notify the applicant of the date, time and place of each public hearing and public meeting to consider the application and of any final action on a pending application by:
1. Contacting the applicant by phone at the number listed for the applicant on the land use application at least three (3) days before the public hearing or public meeting; and
2. Providing to each applicant a copy of each staff report regarding the application or the pending application at least three (3) business days before the public hearing or public meeting.
If the city fails to comply with the requirements of subsection A1 or A2 of this section or both, an applicant may waive the failure so that the application may stay on the public hearing or public meeting agenda and be considered as if the requirements had been met.
B. Notice Of Intent To Prepare A General Or Comprehensive General Plan Amendment:
1. Before preparing a proposed general plan or a comprehensive general plan amendment, the city shall provide ten (10) calendar days' notice of its intent to prepare a proposed general plan or a comprehensive general plan amendment to:
a. Each affected entity;
b. The automated geographic reference center created in section 63F-1-506 of Utah Code Annotated;
c. Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG); and
d. The state planning coordinator appointed under section 63J-4-202 of Utah Code Annotated.
2. Each notice under subsection B1 of this section shall:
a. Indicate the city intends to prepare a general plan or a comprehensive general plan amendment;
b. Describe or provide a map of the geographic area that will be affected by the general plan amendment;
c. Be sent by mail, e-mail, or other effective means;
d. Invite the affected entities to provide information for the city to consider in the process of preparing, adopting, and implementing the general plan or amendment concerning:
(1) Impacts that the use of land proposed in the proposed general plan or amendment may have; and
(2) Uses of land within the city that the affected entity is considering that may conflict with the proposed general plan or amendment; and
e. Include the address of an internet website, and the name and telephone number of a person where more information can be obtained concerning the city's proposed general plan or amendment.
C. Notice Of Public Hearings And Public Meeting To Consider General Plan Modifications:
1. The City shall provide:
a. Notice of the date, time, and place of the first public hearing to consider the original adoption or any modification of all or any portion of a General Plan; and
b. Notice of each public meeting on the subject.
2. Each notice of a public hearing under subsection C1(a) of this section shall be at least ten (10) calendar days before the public hearing and shall be:
a. Mailed to each affected entity; and
b. Posted:
(1) In at least three (3) public locations within the City; and
(2) On the City's official website; and
(3) Published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
3. Each notice of a public meeting shall be at least twenty four (24) hours before the public meeting and shall be:
a. Submitted to a newspaper of general circulation in the area; and
b. Posted:
(1) In at least three (3) public locations within the City; or
(2) On the City's official website. (Ord. 2006-15, 9-5-2006)
D. Notice Of Public Hearings And Public Meetings On Adoption Or Modification Of Land Use Regulation:
1. The City shall give:
a. Notice of the date, time and place of the first public hearing to consider the adoption or any modification of a land use ordinance; and
b. Notice of each public meeting on the subject.
2. Each notice of a public hearing shall be:
a. Mailed to each affected entity at least ten (10) calendar days before the public hearing;
b. Posted:
(1) In at least three (3) public locations within the City; and
(2) On the City's official website; and
(3) Published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701; and
c. Mailed at least ten (10) days before the public hearing to:
(1) Each property owner whose land is directly affected by the land use ordinance change, unless the change generally and equally affects all properties within a particular zoning district, or within the entire City; and
(2) Each adjacent property owner within three hundred feet (300') of the land which is the subject of the application.
3. Each notice of a public meeting under D1(b) of this subsection shall be at least twenty four (24) hours before the public meeting and shall be:
a. Posted:
(1) In at least three (3) public locations within the City; and
(2) On the City's official website; and
(3) Published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
4. A municipality shall send a courtesy notice to each owner of private real property whose property is located entirely or partially within a proposed zoning map enactment or amendment at least 10 days before the scheduled day of the public hearing.
a. The notice shall:
(1) Identify with specificity each owner of record of real property that will be affected by the proposed zoning map or map amendments;
(2) State the current zone in which the real property is located;
(3) State the proposed new zone for the real property;
(4) Provide information regarding or a reference to the proposed regulations, prohibitions, and permitted uses that the property will be subject to if the zoning map or map amendment is adopted;
(5) State that the owner of real property may no later than 10 days after the day of the first public hearing file a written objection to the inclusion of the owner's property in the proposed zoning map or map amendment;
(6) State the address where the property owner should file the protest;
(7) Notify the property owner that each written objection filed with the municipality will be provided to the municipal legislative body; and
(8) State the location, date, and time of the public hearing described in Utah Code Section 10-9a-502.
b. If a municipality mails notice to a property owner in accordance with subsection D.2.c.(2) for a public hearing on a zoning map or map amendment, the notice required in this subsection 4 may be included in or part of the notice described in subsection D.2.c.(2) rather than sent separately.
E. Notice For A Proposed Subdivision Or Amendment Or A Multiple-Unit Residential, Commercial, Or Industrial Development:
1. For a proposed subdivision or an amendment to a subdivision, the City shall provide notice of the date, time and place of a public hearing that is:
a. Mailed not less than ten (10) calendar days before the public hearing to each record owner of property within three hundred feet (300') of the land that is the subject of the application; and
b. Posted not less than ten (10) calendar days before the public hearing on the land that is the subject of the application in a visible location, with a sign of sufficient size, durability, and print quality that is reasonably calculated to give notice to passersby.
2. For a proposed preliminary plat describing a multi-unit residential, commercial, or industrial development, the city shall provide notice of the date, time and place of a public hearing that is:
a. Mailed to each affected entity.
3. Any subdivision that involves the vacation, alteration, or amendment of a street shall provide notice as required by subsection F of this section.
F. Notice For A Proposal To Vacate, Alter, Or Amend A Street:
1. For any petition to vacate some or all of a public street or municipal utility easement the legislative body shall:
a. Hold a public hearing; and
b. Give notice of the date, place, and time of the hearing, as provided in Subsection (2).
2. At least 10 days before the public hearing under Subsection (1)(a), the legislative body shall ensure that the notice required under Subsection (1)(b) is:
a. Mailed to the record owner of each parcel that is accessed by the public street or municipal utility easement;
b. Mailed to each affected entity;
c. Posted on or near the public street or municipal utility easement in a manner that is calculated to alert the public; and
d. Published on the website of the municipality in which the land subject to the petition is located until the public hearing concludes; and
e. Published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
G. Notice For All Other Land Use Applications Not Specified In Subsections B Through F Of This Section:
1. For all land use applications not previously listed, the city shall give:
a. Notice of the date, time and place of a public hearing to consider the land use application; and
b. Notice of each public meeting on the land use application.
2. Each notice of a public hearing shall be at least ten (10) calendar days before the public hearing and shall be:
a. Mailed to each property owner within three hundred feet (300') of the land that is the subject of the application; and
b. Posted:
(1) In at least three (3) public locations within the city; and
(2) On the city's official website; and
(3) Posted not less than ten (10) calendar days before the public hearing on the land that is the subject of the application in a visible location, with a sign of sufficient size, durability, and print quality that is reasonably calculated to give notice to passersby;
(4) Published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
3. Each notice of a public meeting shall be at least twenty four (24) hours before the public meeting and shall be:
a. Posted:
(1) In at least three (3) public locations within the city; and
(2) On the city's official website; and
(3) Published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
H. Applicant Responsibility:
1. It shall be the sole responsibility of the applicant to provide the following information to Pleasant Grove City with respect to required mail notices for all site specific applications:
a. A list of all properties within three hundred feet (300') of the perimeter of the subject property with mailing address for the property owner.
b. One set of stamped and addressed (with property information from subsection H1a of this section but no return address) envelopes for each hearing body the application will be presented to.
I. Notice Challenge:
1. If notice given under authority of this section is not challenged as provided by state law within thirty (30) days from the date of the meeting for which notice was given, the notice is considered adequate and proper. (Ord. 2006-15, 9-5-2006; amd. Ord. 2017-26, 5-16-2017; Ord. 2021-14, 5-4-2021)