CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA PACKET

Page 6 of 8 would result in rescinding City Council Resolution 91-132 and revising PMC Section 18.12.040 (additional noticing procedures exist in other PMC Sections, including those listed and described below under “Other Amendments”). Staff suggests amending the noticing chapter to include and amend the following: • Public Hearings: For projects with public hearings, staff recommends that the public notice requirements align with the Government Code, which decreases the notice radius from 1,000 feet to 300 feet. Additionally, publication in a newspaper or posting in three public places within the City is required, as consistent with the Government Code. • On-Site Project Notification: Codify the City’s administrative policy requiring on-site project notification for larger applications that are subject to a public hearing before the PC or City Council, projects that add one or more dwelling units (excluding ADUs), or other projects at the determination of the ZA. (Note, this notification, in the form of large- format signs of notices, is separate, and may be additional to, the “posting” outlined in the above bullet) • Mailed Project Notification: For projects requiring project notification (e.g., single-family residential Design Review projects, Minor Conditional Use Permits, etc.), staff recommends increasing the noticing radius from “…the surrounding property owners…as determined by the Zoning Administrator” to 300-feet, aligning with the requirements for public hearings. While generally aligning with the Government Code, the proposed PMC amendments will continue to exceed the requirements and provide broader public notification in three ways: 1) Continue notifications to both property owners and tenants, where the Government Code only requires property owner notification; 2) Continue on-site project notification for certain projects (Bullet 2, above), which has proven effective and relatively easy to implement; and 3) Continue mailing notification cards to specific project types that have no associated public hearing. Appeal Amendments: Chapter 18.144 Staff recommends comprehensively amending PMC Chapter 18.144 to provide amended appeal procedures. The proposed amendments include clarifying appeal procedures and modifying the appeal period. Staff recommends that all projects under PMC Title 18 be subject to a 10-day appeal period (versus the City’s existing 15-day+ appeal period), with project approvals becoming effective on the 11th day. This recommendation will align with those of most neighboring jurisdictions and shorten project approval timelines. As previously stated, the current appeal period is a minimum of 15 days, but it may last over 30 days due to requirements of PMC Section 18.144.010 (B), which delays the end of the appeal period until ZA and PC actions can be reported to the City Council at its next regular meeting. Instead, rather than a City Council agenda report item of ZA and PC actions, staff proposes that a weekly approval memo be posted to the City’s website for projects approved by both the Zoning Administrator and Planning Commission. The intent of the approval memo is to publicize all appealable discretionary planning approvals within the appeal period. City Council members and Planning Commissioners will be notified of the memo publication via email, and members of the public can subscribe to receive the memo to stay informed about appealable discretionary Page 135 of 200