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Planning commission recommends city council approve change to public‑hearing notice rules
Summary
Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend a city‑council ordinance amending notice procedures for hearings affecting zoning and land‑use; staff told the commission the changes will align local code with AB 2904 requirements for zoning amendments and reduce undeliverable tenant mailings.
The Sonoma Planning Commission voted to recommend that the city council adopt an ordinance amending the Sonoma Municipal Code's notice procedures for land‑use hearings. Commissioners voted unanimously to forward a resolution recommending the ordinance and a finding the amendment is exempt from CEQA.
Staff summarized the proposed changes: reduce the newspaper publication requirement from two consecutive Fridays to one Friday, maintain mailed notices to property owners within 500 feet (the city currently mails to a 500‑foot radius; state law requires 300 feet), narrow tenant mailing to tenants at the site…
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