§ 17.12.020. Hearings on tentative maps.

A.

The advisory agency shall hold a public hearing on each application for approval of a tentative map for which a final or parcel map is required. Notice of the hearing shall be given by all of the following methods:

1.

Notice shall be published once, at least ten days prior to the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county; and

2.

Notice of the hearing shall be mailed or delivered at least ten days prior to the hearing to all of the following:

a.

The owner of the property to be divided or the duly authorized agent of the owner, and

b.

The person who filed the application, if different from the owner, and

c.

Each local agency expected to provide water, sewage, streets, roads, schools, or other essential facilities or services to the project, whose ability to provide those facilities and services may be significantly affected, and

d.

All owners of real property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll within three hundred feet of the real property that is the subject of the hearing. In lieu of utilizing the assessment roll, the records of the county assessor or tax collector, to the extent they contain more recent information, may be utilized. In lieu of this mailing, notice may be given in the manner set forth in Section 65091 (a)(3) of the Government Code if the number of persons to whom notice would need to be sent pursuant to this subparagraph or subparagraphs (2)(a) or (2)(b) is greater than one thousand;

3.

Notice shall also be given to those persons or entities identified in Sections 17.12.030 through 17.12.110 of this chapter, if required;

4.

The notice of the hearing shall include the date, time and place of the public hearing, the identity of the hearing body or officer that will hear the matter, a general explanation of the matter to be considered, and a general description, in text or by diagram, of the location of the real property that is the subject of the hearing. The notice shall also state that any person may appear at such hearing and be heard;

5.

Failure to receive notice of a hearing shall not invalidate any action taken by the advisory agency or, on appeal, the board.

B.

The advisory agency shall hold a public hearing on each application requesting the extension of the life of a tentative map for which a final or parcel map is required. Notice of the hearing shall be given in the manner set forth in subsection (A) of this section.

(Ord. 887 § 13, 1988: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11620.1)