13.50.080 Notice of public hearing.
A. Content. The office of the hearing examiner shall prepare a public notice containing the following information:
1. A statement that a request to vacate the subject right-of-way will be considered by the hearing examiner;
2. A statement of the time and place of the public hearing before the hearing examiner;
3. A location description in non-legal language along with a vicinity map that identifies the subject right-of-way proposed to be vacated;
4. A statement that the vacation file is available for viewing at the planning department; and
5. A statement of the right of any person to submit written comments to the hearing examiner prior to or at the public hearing and to appear at the public hearing to give comments orally.
B. Distribution of Notice of Hearing. At least 20 calendar days before the public hearing, the office of the hearing examiner shall distribute the public notice as follows:
1. A copy will be sent, by mail, to the owner of each piece of property within 500 feet of any boundary of the subject right-of-way;
2. A copy will be sent, by mail, to each resident living immediately adjacent to or on the subject right-of-way;
3. A copy will be published in the official newspaper of the city, except no vicinity map shall be required;
4. A copy will be posted in three of the most public places in the city such as City Hall, the library and the county courthouse; and
5. A copy will be posted in a conspicuous place abutting or on the subject right-of-way in the manner set out in subsection (C)(3) of this section.
6. A copy will be emailed to each neighborhood association and the mayor’s neighborhood advisory committee representative.
C. Public Notice Sign. The petitioner shall provide for and erect public notice signs at least 20 calendar days before the public hearing as follows:
1. The sign shall be designed and constructed to city standards. A copy of the notice described in subsection (A)(1) of this section and a vicinity map shall be attached to each sign.
2. The planning department is authorized to develop the standards for the public notice signs necessary for implementation of this section.
3. One sign shall be erected in a conspicuous place on the subject right-of-way. The planning department may require that additional signs be erected on or near the subject right-of-way and placed so that the signs are conspicuously visible from an improved public right-of-way not subject to the vacation request. The planning department shall approve the location of each sign.
4. The petitioner shall remove all signs within seven calendar days after the public hearing. [Ord. 2023-09-029 § 2].