The Community Development Department shall prescribe the form in which applications are made for changes in zone boundaries, variances, and appeals. No application shall be accepted unless it complies with such requirements.

(Prior code § 10-2.3101)

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, but they shall in no case infringe upon the free exercise of the powers vested in the City as represented by the Commission or the Council, as the case may be.

(Prior code § 10-2.3102)

Applications filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be numbered in the order of their filing and shall become a part of the permanent official records of the agency to which the application is made, and there shall be attached thereto, and permanently filed therewith, copies of all notices and actions with certificates or affidavits of posting, mailing, or publication pertaining thereto.

(Prior code § 10-2.3103)

The filing fees for all applications, appeals, requests for determinations, clarifications, and interpretations provided for in this chapter shall be set by resolution of the Council.

(Prior code § 10-2.3104)

All applications for zone boundary changes shall be set by the secretary of the Commission for a public hearing when such hearing is to be held before the Commission. All applications for variances shall be set by the Community Development Director for a public hearing when such hearing is to be held before the Community Development Director. Proposals for amendments initiated by the Commission or the Council shall be set for a public hearing by resolution of intention of the Commission or the Council, respectively.

(Prior code § 10-2.3105)

Notice of any public hearing upon a proposed amendment to the provisions of this chapter, variance, or any appeal on a decision made by the Commission shall be given at least one publication in the officially designated newspaper and, in the case of zone boundary changes, by posting notices thereof on the property under consideration.

(Prior code § 10-2.3106)

Public notice of hearings on zone reclassifications, amendments to this chapter, variances, or appeals on decisions made by the Commission shall consist of the words "Notice of Proposed Change of Zone Boundaries or Classification", "Notice of Proposed Variance", or "Notice of Appeal", as the case may be, setting forth the description of the property under consideration, the nature of the proposed change of use, and the time and place at which the public hearing on the matter will be held.

(Prior code § 10-2.3107)

The Commission shall cause to be made by its own members, or by members of the staff, such investigations of facts bearing upon an application set for a hearing, including an analysis of similar or comparable cases as will serve to provide all the necessary information to assure action on each case consistent with the purposes of this chapter and with previous amendments or variances.

(Prior code § 10-2.3108)

If, for any reason, testimony on any case set for a public hearing cannot be completed on the day set for such hearing, the person presiding at such public hearing, before the adjournment or recess thereof, may publicly announce the time and place to which such hearing will be continued, and no further notice shall be required.

(Prior code § 10-2.3109)

A summary of all pertinent testimony offered at any public hearing held in connection with an application filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and the names of persons testifying, shall be recorded and made a part of the permanent files of the case.

(Prior code § 10-2.3110)

Notice of the date for the abatement of a nonconforming use or the building amortization date, where required by the provisions of this chapter, shall be given by the Secretary of the Commission by mailing a written notice of such date, by registered mail, with return receipt requested, to the owner of the property, using for this purpose the last known name and address of such owner as is shown on the latest available equalized assessment roll prepared by the County Assessor. Such notice shall be given not less than one year prior to the required date of abatement.

(Prior code § 10-2.3111) 10.08.4220