891 City Code Notice of Mailing CITY OF MERIDIAN
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AMENDING MERIDIAN CITY
CODE SECTIONS 11-15-5 B. 1. b., 12-3-3 I. 1., and 12-3-5-B., PERTAINING TO
MAIIANG OF NOTICES REGARDING HEARINGS ON LAND USE APPLICATIONS,
AND PROVIDING THAT SUCH MAILINGS SHALL BE BY REGULAR FIRST CLASS
MAIL; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, current City Code requires that certain notices be sent by certified mail; and
WHEREAS, this type of mailing requires individuals to go to the Post Office to pick up
the notices, which has created a significant inconvenience to those property owners to whom the
notice is mailed; and
WHEREAS, regular first class mail provides an adequate method for delivery of notices
to individual property owners and is the method most likely to give them notice of the existence
and pendency of a land use application; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that using regular first class mail, instead of certified
mail, will not reduce the effectiveness of the notices, and will result in cost and staff time savings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BASED UPON THE FOREGOING FINDINGS, AND BE IT
ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN,
ADA COUNTY; IDAHO:
Section 1:
read as follows:
Meridian City Code Section 11-15-5 B. 1. b. shall be amended to
11-15-5 B. 1. b.
Contents of Notice: Said notice, by regular first class mail, must be
deposited with the United States Post Office at least fifteen (15)
days prior to the hearing and said notice shall contain a vicinity map
of the property, a brief statement of the nature of the application,
the name and address of the applicant.
Section 2:
as follows:
Meridian City Code Section 12-3-3 I. 1. shall be amended to read
12-3-3 I. 1. Notification By Applicant:
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Notification Of Property Owners: The City shall notify all adjoining
property owners 'by mailing, by regular first class mail, notice of the hearing
to all property owners within three hundred feet (300) of the proposed
boundaries of the subdivision.
Section 3:
as follows:
Meridian City Code Section 12-3-5 B. shall be amended to read
12-3-5B.
Notice Of Hearing: No final subdivision plat shall be approved until one
public hearing before the Council has been held for the purpose of allowing
public input on the proposed subdivision. This public hearing shall be held
at the time of the presentation of the preliminary plat by the developer to
the City Council. Notice of the public hearing shall be given by mailing, by
regular first class mail, notice of the hearing to all property owners within
three hundred feet (300') of the proposed boundaries of the subdivision,
which mailing shall be completed by the developer and by publishing notice
of said hearing in the City's newspaper of record at least one time fifteen
(15) days prior to the date of such hearing, which publication shall be
handled by the Administrator. The notice to be mailed to the adjacent
property owners shall include a copy of the notice of hearing and a vicinity
map of the area, which map shall show the proposed subdivision and the
properties within three hundred feet (300').
Section 4: All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, rescinded and annulled.
Section 5: VALIDITY: The Meridian City Council hereby declares that
any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance as adopted and amended herein be
declared for any reason to be invalid it is the intent of the Meridian City Council that it would
have passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination here fi'om of any
portion as may be declared invalid.
Section 6: DATE OF EFFECT: This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect within one (1) month after its passage, approval and publication, according to law.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
day of ~~ -- ~ j'te~.~97~e./a~ ~9~/~ ,
2000.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
day of ~--~Z97~ ~4r' ,2000.
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