Sonoma County |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 26A. SURFACE MINING |
Article VII. Application Processing Procedures. |
§ 26A-07-040. Notice of hearing.
(a)
When a provision of this chapter requires notice of a public hearing to be given pursuant to this section, notice shall be given by the director in all of the following ways:
(1)
Notice of the hearing shall be mailed or delivered at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing to the owner of the subject property and the applicant, if different from the owner.
(2)
Notice of the hearing shall be mailed or delivered at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing to all owners of real property within three hundred feet (300′) of the subject property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll. If the number of owners to whom notice would be mailed or delivered pursuant to this subsection or subsection (a)(1) of this section is greater than one thousand (1,000), the director, in lieu of mailed or delivered notice, may provide notice by placing a display advertisement of at least one-eighth page in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the county at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing.
(3)
If the notice is mailed or delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, notice of the hearing shall also be published pursuant to Government Code Section 6061 in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the county at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing.
(4)
Notice of the hearing shall be posted at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing in at least three (3) public places on or near the subject property.
(b)
The notice required by this section shall include the date, time and place of the public hearing, the identity of the hearing body, a general explanation of the matter to be considered, and a general description, in text or by diagram, of the location of the subject property.
(c)
Notwithstanding subsection (a) above, where a hearing is to be held to consider the adequacy of an environmental document prepared pursuant to the Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the ten (10) day notice period shall be extended as necessary to comply with the notice requirements of CEQA.
(d)
In addition to the notice required by this section, the director may give notice of the hearing in any other manner he or she deems necessary or desirable.
(Ord. No. 5165 § 1, 1999.)