Chapter 17.120
HEARINGS

Sections:

17.120.010  Notice of public hearing.

17.120.020  Waiver of rights.

17.120.010 Notice of public hearing.

(1) Notice, as required by this code, shall be provided to the community by using the following methods:

(a) Posting notice, as described below, in a conspicuous place upon the property in question; and

(b) Posting notice at a designated location accessible by the public in City Hall; and

(c) Publication of the notice 10 days prior to a public hearing, or within five days of a decision of the planning director, in the newspaper of record for the city of Forks; and

(d) Mailing of the notice shall be to all property owners within 500 feet of the outer boundary of the property mentioned in any notice associated with an appeal, rezone/redesignation request, hearing, special use, conditional use or variance. However, nothing in this section shall require a mailing of a public notice for public hearings and decisions associated with the amending of this code, not to include a rezone/redesignation.

(2) For the purposes of this section, notice is defined as including the following:

(a) Name of applicant; and

(b) Location of property subject to the proposal; and

(c) Description of the proposal; and

(d) Legal description of the property; and

(e) Explanation of the appeals process available to interested parties, to include the impacts of failing to appeal; and

(f) Name, address, and telephone number of the planning director; and

(g) A statement stating that the proposal was approved, denied, or approved with conditions, and the basis for the decision.

(3) Notice shall be required, in the manner set forward within this code and the applicable section requiring the notice, for the following:

(a) Application for planned unit development;

(b) Application for use of density transfer provisions of this code;

(c) Application for a temporary entertainment/amusement use as noted within this code;

(d) Decision on the application for a special use permit;

(e) Application and decision thereon for a conditional use permit;

(f) Application and decision thereon for a variance;

(g) Reclassification/rezone of property subject to this code;

(h) Amendments to this code, however, such processes shall be exempt from the requirement to mail notice as mentioned above in this section;

(i) Public hearings associated with the activities of the Forks planning commission or city council for subsections (3)(c) through (3)(g) of this section. (Ord. 433 § 22.10, 1997)

17.120.020 Waiver of rights.

Failure to present an appeal in the manner required, and/or in the time period stated within the notice waives any interested party’s right of appeal or right to challenge the decision of the planning director, the Forks planning commission, or the city council, whichever is appropriate, in any proceedings at a later date. See also FMC 17.135.040 regarding decisions. (Ord. 433 § 22.20, 1997)