17.195.040 Public hearing and notice.
A. The commission shall hold a public hearing on each properly submitted application for a variance within 90 working days after the date of the next available meeting agenda deadline. The applicant shall be notified of the date of such hearing.
B. The community development department shall send to each owner of property within a prescribed distance from the exterior boundary of the lot or parcel of land described in the application, notice of the time and place of the public hearing, a description of the property involved, its street address, and the action requested by the applicant. Prescribed distances are as follows:
1. Lots less than or equal to one-half acre require a notification area measured at 500 feet.
2. Lots greater than one-half acre and less than or equal to one acre require a notification area measured at 750 feet.
3. Lots greater than one acre and less than or equal to two acres require a notification area measured at 1,000 feet.
4. Lots greater than two acres and less than or equal to five acres require a notification area measured at 1,500 feet.
5. Lots greater than five acres require a notification area measured at 2,500 feet.
C. In instances where the subject property is located within the jurisdiction of a local municipal or tribal government, the community development department shall also send notice to those government entities.
D. The applicant shall provide notice of the public hearing by posting the parcel(s) subject to the application for a variance with notice that is clearly legible from each improved street adjacent to the land. The notices shall be in the standardized form provided by the community development department and shall be posted for at least 20 days prior to the date of the public hearing.
E. Notice shall also be provided in accordance with state law by legal publication in local newspapers. [Ord. FY2018-14 §2, 2018; Ord. 2004-07 §4; Ord. 83-40-O §3, 1983. Formerly §17.66.040].