Skip to main content
Loading…
This section is included in your selections.

(1) The planning commission shall set a public hearing and the department shall provide notice for Type 3 actions at least 10 days before the hearing as follows:

(a) For text changes to either the comprehensive plan or to development regulations implementing the comprehensive plan:

(i) By one publication in the official county newspaper; and

(ii) On the official county website.

(b) For area wide changes to the comprehensive plan future land use map designation or area wide rezones:

(i) By one publication in the official county newspaper;

(ii) On the official county website; and

(iii) By mail to each taxpayer of record and known site address within the area proposed for the Type 3 action and to each taxpayer of record and known site address within 500 feet of any boundary of the area; provided that notice of the hearing shall be mailed to all taxpayers of record and known site addresses within 1,000 feet of said boundaries when the existing zoning of the parcel subject to the Type 3 action is resource, rural, R-20,000, or Rural Use.

(c) For site-specific docketing proposals submitted pursuant to chapter 30.74 SCC or for county initiated site-specific rezones:

(i) By one publication in the official county newspaper;

(ii) On the official county website;

(iii) By conspicuously posting one or more signs at the site. Such posting shall be evidenced by a verified statement regarding the date and location of posting; and

(iv) By mail to each taxpayer of record and known site address within the area proposed for the Type 3 action and to each taxpayer of record and known site address within 500 feet of any boundary of the area; provided, that notice shall be mailed to each taxpayer of record and known site address within 1,000 feet of the boundary of the area when the area proposed for the Type 3 action is outside an urban growth area.

(d) The department may prescribe additional methods for providing notice and for obtaining public participation.

(2) Notice required by this section shall contain the following information:

(a) A description of the proposal;

(b) The assigned county file number and contact person;

(c) The date, time, and place of the public hearing and how an interested party may submit comments on the proposal;

(d) Either the physical or web locations, or both, where the full text of the proposed amendment and relevant documents or studies may be reviewed; and

(e) Any other information determined appropriate by the department.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in adopting legislation in response to a growth management hearings board decision declaring part or all of a comprehensive plan or development regulation invalid, the county will provide for such public participation as is appropriate and effective under the circumstances presented by the board’s order. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003; Amended by Amended Ord. 12-056, Aug. 22, 2012, Eff date Nov. 20, 2012).