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 Hernando County
 Code of Ordinances
 Appendix A. ZONING
 Article VI. AMENDMENTS

  § 7. Required notices for public hearing.  

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  • In addition to the requirements for publication of due public notice of a public hearing, the planning department shall be responsible for the following required notices:

    A.

    Required mail notice. Upon the fixing of a date for a public hearing, the planning department shall provide mail notice giving the time, place and purpose of the public hearing to each property owner within five hundred (500) feet of the parcel covered by the application based upon the mail list generated by the Property Appraiser's Office and furnished by the applicant. The notice shall be mailed at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled public hearing.

    Required mailing notice for Public Service Facility Overlay Districts (PSFOD) for a telecommunications tower: The planning department shall provide mail notice giving the time, place and purpose of the public hearing to each property owner within 1.320 feet of the parcel covered by the application based upon the mail list generated by the Property Appraiser's Office and furnished by the applicant. The notice shall be mailed at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled public hearing.

    B.

    Required sign notice : The applicant shall, upon fixing a date for public hearing on a proposed zoning amendment involving a change in Zoning district classification and not less than ten (10) days prior to the date set for the first public hearing, provide sign notice by posting sign(s) on the parcel of land for which the change in Zoning district classification is proposed. Such sign shall have the size, the shape, design and color determined by the planning department. Upon such sign shall be printed or otherwise made to appear the following information:

    PUBLIC NOTICE
     REZONING HEARING BEFORE
    PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
    AND/OR
    COUNTY COMMISSION
    (as applicable)
    HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA
    (insert date, meeting time, and location)
    PROPOSED TO BE REZONED FROM
     _______ TO _______

    The sign(s) furnished by the Planning and Development Department shall be posted by the applicant along each front lot line with the bottom of the sign at least three (3) feet above grade on the property being considered for rezoning. The sign cards shall be posted at the outer property line along the road or street frontage and shall be clearly visible. If the frontage is in excess of three hundred (300) feet, posting of the signs shall be determined by the Planning and Development Department. In those cases where the property does not have frontage on a road, the sign cards shall be posted at the property corners, and where the access road intersects with the nearest county road. After the sign is posted, the applicant shall make an affidavit certifying that he had posted the required sign. The affidavit shall include a description of the parcel of land on which such sign was placed. Such affidavit must be filed with the planning department prior to the public hearing. The county shall make affidavit forms available for use by the applicant. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the sign(s) are appropriately posted and remain on the property during the public hearing process in legible condition. If the condition of the sign(s) deteriorate through the process, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to repost the property at no cost to the county. Failure to maintain the signs in accordance with this section may result in a delay of the public hearing process. The applicant shall be responsible for removal of the sign(s) within 10 days of the date the decision on the applicant's application becomes final or the date of appeal of a commission or governing body decision for judicial determination, whichever comes first. Failure to timely remove any such sign(s) is prohibited.

    C.

    Procedures in the event of a state of emergency or other cause. In the event that a state of emergency is declared to exist for the date of a scheduled public hearing before either the commission or the governing body, or if exigent circumstances require the closure of county offices for the date of such hearing, such that no meeting is or can be held, notice of the rescheduled hearing date shall be required to be published a minimum of five (5) days prior to the rescheduled date.

(Ord. of 12-4-72, § VI(a)(1); Ord. No. 76-2, § 23, 2-12-76; Ord. No. 86-18, § 1, 8-5-86; Ord. No. 96-19, § 21, 9-10-96; Ord. No. 97-3, § 10, 3-4-97; Ord. No. 98-18, § 9, 6-23-98; Ord. No. 2004-11, § 21, 8-3-04; Ord. No. 2005-01, §§ 9, 10, 2-8-05; Ord. No. 2008-05, § XX, 2-26-08; Ord. No. 2016-18, § VI, 11-8-16)