After the application is determined to be complete and is accepted, the department shall proceed as follows:
A. Forward copies of the tentative map to affected agencies within five (5) days asking them to provide their input or comments within fifteen (15) days.
B. Forward copies of the application to the affected school districts within five (5) days asking them to provide their input or comments within fifteen (15) days.
C. Provide notifications of public hearing and environmental impact assessment in all of the following ways:
1. Publishing, posting and mailing notice of the proposed environmental findings in the manner and at the times required by applicable law, including the California environmental quality act and the regulations issued thereunder.
2. Publishing in the local paper a notice of the date, place and time of the commission's meeting in which the public hearing will be held on the proposed subdivision. This notice shall be published once not less than ten (10) days and not more than twenty (20) days prior to the hearing.
3. Mailing notice of the public hearing to all persons, businesses, corporations or other public or private entities owning property within three hundred feet (300') of the boundaries of the property on which the subdivision is proposed, as shown on the latest equalized roll in the office of the Fresno County assessor. Such notices shall be mailed not less than ten (10) days and not more than twenty (20) days before the public hearing.
4. Mailing notice of the public hearing to any person who has filed a written request with the community development director to receive notification of the public hearing. The city may charge a reasonable fee to persons requesting notification.
5. Any additional method of notice required by law or deemed appropriate by the department.
D. The department shall review the application and any comments received, prepare the staff report and recommendation on the application and provide a copy of the report to the applicant at least three (3) days prior to the public hearing. (Ord. 2000-05, 4-25-2000)