Prior to the planning commission or city council holding a public hearing on a permit, amendment, agreement, variance, use permit or other application specified by this ordinance, a public hearing notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation not less than ten days prior to said hearing. If there is no such paper of general circulation, the pubic hearing notice shall be posted at least ten days prior to the hearing in at least three public places within the city.

Where this ordinance requires a public hearing notice, notice shall be given in all of the following ways:

A notice shall be mailed or delivered not less than ten days prior to the hearing to the owner of the subject property or the owner's authorized agent, the project applicant, and to owners of properties within three hundred (300) feet of the subject property as shown on the latest equalized tax assessment role. If the number of properties exceeds one thousand (1,000), the city, in lieu of a notice that is mailed or delivered, may provide a notice by placing a display notice of at least one-eighth page in at least one newspaper of general circulation at least ten days prior to the public hearing.

A notice of the hearing shall be mailed or delivered not less than ten days prior to the hearing to each local agency expected to provide water, waste water collection and treatment, streets, schools and other essential services or facilities, and whose ability to provide these services and facilities may be significantly affected.

(Ord. No. 579 , § 1, 4-25-2011)

The public hearing notice, whether published in a newspaper of general circulation or posted at a public place within the city, shall include the following information: date, time and place of the public hearing; the hearing body or officer that will consider the public hearing item; and a general description of the project and its location.

(Ord. No. 579 , § 1, 4-25-2011)

Failure of any person or entity to receive a public hearing notice shall not invalidate any proceedings or applications authorized by this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 579 , § 1, 4-25-2011)

Any public hearing conducted under this ordinance may be continued. The commission or council shall announce the time and place to which the hearing is to be continued. No further public hearing notice shall be required.

(Ord. No. 579 , § 1, 4-25-2011)