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Department of Community Development
Reference: Section 17-8-60 of the Municipal Code - Notice Code Amendment
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Holly Prather, AICP - Community Development Director
Marv Falconburg, AICP - Assistant City Manager
Philip Rodriguez, City Manager
Prepared By: Joshua M. Tetzlaff, AICP - Associate City Planner
Date Prepared: April 6, 2018
PURPOSE
City staff is requesting that the City Council amend the current public notice requirements found in Section 17-8-30 of the Municipal Code, as well as a few other minor sections of the Code involving public notice for public hearings. The amendments are to create uniformity in how all projects are noticed to the public.
BACKGROUND
The Municipal Code contains provisions for public notice requirements for projects that involve public hearings. Different types of projects have different public hearing requirements. Some projects require only a mailing to adjacent property owners and some projects require a mailing to property owners within 300 feet of the project, notifications signs posted on site, and a notice placed in the paper. This variety in notification requirements for different projects can lead to confusion on the part of applicants as well as citizens looking to be informed of development.
At a recent City Council meeting, it was requested of staff to review the notification requirements to ensure they made sense and were working to effectively notify citizens. After reviewing the Code, staff believes the most equitable solution is to require that all projects have the same notification requirements when a public hearing is involved. Staff is recommending the changes outlined below to the notifications for Planned Unit Developments (PUDs), Preliminary Plats, and Final Plats. These changes to the Code will require all current development applications requiring a...
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