Gilroy City Zoning Code

Property owners or lessees of the subject property; or

Motion of the planning commission or city council.

Planning applications forms must be signed by the owner of the property, or by a person with the owner’s power-of-attorney, involved in the application. In the case of multiple owners, either all owners must sign the application or the signatory must provide evidence that he or she has the right to act on behalf of all owners.

If signatures of persons other than the owners of property making the application are required or offered in support of, or in opposition to, an application, they may be received as evidence of notice having been served upon them of the pending application or as evidence of their opinion on the pending issue.

Notice of any public hearing shall be given by at least one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Gilroy not less than ten (10) days before the date of said public hearing; and

A written notice shall be mailed not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such hearing to the owners of the property within a radius of five hundred (500) feet of the exterior boundaries of the property subject to the public hearing, using for this purpose the last known name and address of such owners as are shown in the county assessor’s books on file in the county assessor’s office of the County of Santa Clara, State of California.

Any public hearings conducted pursuant to this section that are continued two (2) or more times shall be renoticed for the third public hearing. That third public hearing may be continued if deemed necessary one (1) more time without renoticing, but any subsequent continuance for the same project application must be renoticed in the same manner established herein, and consistent with the standards established in subsections (b)(1) and (2) of this section.

Notwithstanding the above process for renoticing, the continuance of public hearings and time for the decision makers to act on a project is subject to the time limits established by state law, including, but not limited to the Subdivision Map Act, the Permit Streamlining Act and the California Environmental Quality Act.

In addition to the written notice in subsections (b)(1) and (2) of this section, at least ten (10) days prior to the public hearing or project decision, the applicant shall install a four (4) foot by eight (8) foot sign for major project applications, or a two (2) foot by three (3) foot sign for minor project applications on the property that is subject to the public hearing or project decision. Minor project applications include subdivisions of four (4) or less lots, architectural and site applications that do not involve the construction of new buildings on the property, conditional use permits and variances. Major project applications include subdivisions of five (5) lots or more, architectural and site applications that involve the construction of new buildings on the property, zone text or map amendments that are not determined to be city-wide text or map amendments, general plan amendments that are not determined to be city-wide amendments and RDO applications pursuant to the residential development ordinance in section 30.50.60. The sign shall be maintained and remain on the project site until after the city renders a decision on the project and any appeal period established in the Zoning Ordinance has expired. The sign shall be removed within seven (7) days of the expiration of the appeal period. The project applicant shall submit a signed affidavit that states the property sign has been installed consistent with this chapter and the standards established by the community development department. The posted notice shall contain a general description of the project, the file number of the project, the applicant’s name and contact number for additional information regarding the project. The sign shall be consistent with the standards established by the community development department.

Not later than its following meeting date, unless this time limit is extended by agreement of the parties having an interest in the proceedings, announce its decision to approve or disapprove the application by resolution which shall clearly state the facts and reasons for the decision rendered and any conditions or limitations imposed.

Within fifteen (15) days after adoption of said resolution, whether the application is approved or disapproved, notify the applicant by forwarding through the mail a copy of the resolution to the address on the application, and to any other person who has filed a written request for such notification.