A. Public Hearing Or Staff Review With Notice Procedures: Upon receipt of a request for a land use decision that utilizes the public hearing or staff review with notice procedures, the applicable review authority shall give notice specifying the time and place for the decision at least ten (10) calendar days before the date of the scheduled land use approval/denial by the following applicable methods:
1. Notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the respective community of the proposal for the following land use decisions using the public hearing procedure:
a. Amendments to the text of the general plan or a specific plan.
b. Development code amendments.
c. General plan map amendments.
d. Subdivisions, where a tentative and final map are required.
e. Conditional use permit and amendments.
f. Specific plan and amendments.
g. Planned development and amendments.
h. Variance.
2. Notice shall be given by first class mail to any person who has filed a written request for a specific application.
3. Notice shall be given by first class mail or delivery to all surrounding property owners within three hundred feet (300') of the exterior boundaries of the subject site for land use decisions using the public hearing or staff review with notice procedures. Director shall have the discretion to extend the notification radius depending upon project characteristics.
4. Notice shall also be given, as required by Government Code section 66451.3, in the case of a conversion of residential real property to a community apartment project, condominium project, or stock cooperative.
5. Notice may be given in any other manner as is deemed necessary or desirable by the director.
B. One-Eighth Page Optional Notice: A one-eighth (1/8) page legal display advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation may be substituted for individual property owner notice whenever the individual notice would require notification of more than one thousand (1,000) property owners.
C. Ownership And Addresses Of Properties: Ownership and addresses of contiguous and surrounding properties shall be determined from the latest equalized tax assessment roll or from other records of the county assessor or county tax collector, whichever contains more recent information.
D. Continued Hearings: During the public hearing, items that are continued by the review authority to a specific date shall not be renoticed unless specifically requested by the review authority. (Ord. 243, 10-15-2013)