§ 118-164. Required notice.

Under this division, the director of planning shall fix the date for the hearing of an appeal and shall cause a notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing to be published at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the area at least five days prior to the hearing. In addition, the director of planning shall mail similar notices setting forth the time, place and purpose of the hearing to the parties in interest. If the hearing involves an appeal based on a specific parcel of land, the director of planning shall also mail such notices to the owners of every parcel of land within a distance of 300 feet in any direction from the property line of the land in question. Such notices shall be mailed to the owner's current address of record maintained by the assessor of taxes for the city commission and shall be postmarked no later than five days prior to the scheduled hearing date. The director of planning shall present an affidavit certifying that he has complied with the notice requirements of this division, along with a list of the persons and addresses to which notices were mailed, at the time of the hearing of the appeal.

(Code 1988, § 24-196(3); Ord. No. 97-01, § I, 3-13-97)