§ 17.48.070. Pre-merger status determination—Hearing.
A.
At any time within thirty days after the recording of a notice of intention to determine status, the owner of the affected property may file with the director of planning a request for a hearing on determination of status.
B.
Upon receiving a request for a hearing from an owner of property subject to merger, the director of planning shall fix a time, date and place for a hearing to be conducted by the county zoning administrator, and shall notify the property owner of same by certified mail. The hearing shall be conducted not more than sixty days following the receipt by the director of planning of the property owner's request for hearing, but may be postponed or continued with the mutual written consent of the director of planning and the property owner.
C.
At the hearing, the property owner shall be given the opportunity to present evidence that the affected property does not meet the standards for merger set forth in Section 17.48.040.
D.
At the conclusion of the hearing, the zoning administrator shall make a determination that the affected parcels are to be merged, or are not to be merged, and shall notify the owner of the determination by mail.
E.
If the zoning administrator determines the parcels have merged, a notice and determination of merger shall be recorded following the expiration of the ten-day appeals period established by Section 17.48.110 but not more than thirty days following the conclusion of the hearing; provided, however, that if an appeal of the zoning administrator's decision is filed in a timely manner the notice and determination of merger shall not be filed pending a final determination of merger by the board.
F.
If the zoning administrator determines the subject property shall not be merged, the zoning administrator shall cause to be recorded a release of the notice of intention to determine status and shall mail a clearance letter to the then current owner of record of said property.
G.
If, within the thirty-day period specified in subsection (A) of this section, the owner does not file a request for a hearing, the zoning administrator may, at any time thereafter, make a determination that the affected parcels or units of land are to be merged, or are not to be merged, and record a notice and determination of merger; provided, however, that the notice and determination of merger shall be recorded no later than ninety days following the mailing of the notice of intention to determine status.
(Ord. 1098 § 3, 1996: Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11695.33)