(A) Written notice of the public hearings involving a map amendment shall be provided to the owner or owners of real property within the area to be rezoned or otherwise changed by the map amendment and to the owner or owners within 250 feet in any direction of the boundaries of the property to be changed by the map amendment. For the purposes of this section, the words
OWNER and OWNERS shall mean those persons appearing on the county’s current tax duplicate as the owner or owners of fee simple title
to the said properties. Such written notice shall be provided at least 20 days prior to the date of the hearing by hand delivery, or by posting same by prepaid ordinary U.S. Mail, at the address listed upon the said tax duplicate for each owner. The written notice shall contain the same information as required of notices published in newspapers as specified in § 1298.08.
(B) Notice of proposed zoning map changes affecting more than ten properties shall be made by publication (legal ad), in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code.
(C) When the proposed map amendment has been initiated by the city, the city shall provide, at its cost, the hand or postal delivery provided hereinabove. When the proposed map amendment has been initiated by a party other than the city, the initiating party shall provide, at its cost, the hand or postal delivery provided hereinabove and shall file with the Planning Commission on or before the date of the said hearing an affidavit confirming compliance with the provisions of this section.
(D) The failure to hand deliver or mail the notice provided by this section shall not, however, invalidate any action of Planning Commission and/or City Council on this said map amendment.
(Ord. 2003-51, passed 5-20-03; Am. Ord. 2004-103, passed 11-16-04)