INTERESTED PARTIES AND NOTICE.

Austin City Code tit. 30, ch. 30-1, art. 7

in effect

Austin City Code § 30-1-151 APPLICABILITY.

§ 30-1-151 - APPLICABILITY. This article applies to an application to be considered by a city board or commission or the city council. Source: City/County subdivision agreement; Ord. 031211-11; Ord. 031211-42.

Austin City Code § 30-1-152 INTERESTED PARTIES.

§ 30-1-152 - INTERESTED PARTIES. (A) An interested party is a person who has an interest in a matter that is the subject of a public hearing or administrative decision. A person has an interest if the person: (1) is the applicant or the record owner of property that is the subject of a public hearing or administrative decision; or (2) communicates an interest in a matter; and (a) occupies a primary residence that is within 500 feet of the site of the proposed development; (b) is the record owner of property within 500 feet of the site of the proposed development; (c) is an officer of an environmental or neighborhood organization that has an interest in the site of the proposed development or whose declared boundaries are within 500 feet of the site of the proposed development; or (d) has a utility account address located within 500 feet of the site of the proposed development, as shown in the City utility records on the date of the filing of the application. (B) A person communicates an interest in a matter that is the subject of a public hearing by: (1) delivering a written statement that generally identifies the issues of concern to the body conducting the hearing, either before or during the public hearing; or (2) appearing and speaking for the record at the public hearing. (C) A person communicates an interest in a matter that is the subject of an administrative decision by delivering a written statement to the single office or by making telephone contact with the single office. The communication must: (1) generally identify the issues of concern; (2) include the person's name, telephone phone number, and mailing address; (3) be delivered before the earliest date on which action on the application may occur; and (4) if the communication is by telephone, be confirmed in writing not later than seven days after the earliest date on which action on the application may occur. Source: City Code Section 25-1-131; Ord. 031211-11; Ord. 031211-42; Ord. 20090521-062.

Austin City Code § 30-1-153 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING.

§ 30-1-153 - NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. (A) For a notice required to be given under this subsection, the single office shall give notice of a public hearing before a board or commission by mailing notice not later than the 11th day before the date of the hearing to: (1) the applicant; (2) a notice owner of property located within 500 feet of the subject property; (3) a neighborhood organization; (4) a party to an appeal; and (5) utility account addresses located within 500 feet of the site of the proposed development, as shown in the City utility records on the date of the filing of the application. (B) For a notice required to be given under this subsection, the single office shall give notice of a public hearing before the council by: (1) publishing notice not later than the 16th day before the date of the public hearing; and (2) mailing notice not later than the 16th day before the date of the hearing to: (a) the applicant; (b) a notice owner of property located within 500 feet of the subject property; (c) a neighborhood organization; (d) a party to an appeal; and (e) utility account addresses located within 500 feet of the site of the proposed development, as shown in the City utility records on the date of the filing of the application. (C) For a notice required to be given under this subsection, the single office shall give notice of a public hearing before a board or commission or the council by: (1) mailing notice to a neighborhood organization not later than the 11th day before the date of a hearing scheduled before a board or commission and not later than the 16th day before the date of a hearing scheduled before the council; (2) publishing notice not later than the 16th day before the date of a hearing before the council; and (3) posting a sign on the property stating the date and time of the public hearing. (D) This subsection applies to public hearings on two or more matters related to the same property or development. (1) One notice may be provided if the hearings are scheduled: (a) on the same date before the same body; or (b) before two or more bodies not later than the 45th day after the date of a notice. (2) The single office shall provide notice not later than the date the earliest notice is required. (E) Notice provided under this section must: (1) generally describe the subject matter of the public hearing; (2) identify the applicant and the location of the subject property; (3) identify the body holding the public hearing and the date, time, and place of the public hearing; (4) if the decision of the body holding the public hearing may be appealed, describe the procedure and requirements for an appeal; and (5) include the address and telephone number of the office from which additional information may be obtained. Source: City Code Section 25-1-132; Ord. 031211-11; Ord. 031211-42; Ord. 20090521-062.

Austin City Code § 30-1-154 NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS.

§ 30-1-154 - NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS. (A) For notice required to be given under this subsection, the single office shall mail notice not later than the 14th day after the filing of an application to the: (1) applicant; (2) notice owner of real property located within 500 feet of the subject property; (3) neighborhood organization; and (4) utility account addresses located within 500 feet of the site of the proposed development, as shown in the City utility records on the date of the filing of the application. (B) For notice required to be given under this subsection, the single office shall mail notice not later than one day after an administrative decision to: (1) the record owner of the subject property; and (2) interested parties. (C) Notice provided under this section must: (1) describe the general nature of the application, including a description of the project; (2) identify the applicant and the location of the site; (3) generally describe the proposed development; (4) identify the entity that may approve the application; (5) state the earliest date that action under a decision may occur; (6) describe the procedure and requirements for becoming an interested party; (7) if the decision may be appealed, describe the procedure for an appeal; and (8) include the address and telephone number of the person from whom additional information may be obtained. (D) A person may not make a decision on an application for which notice is required to be provided under this section earlier than the 14th day after the date the notice is issued. The single office may permit the decision to be made sooner. Source: City Code Section 25-1-133; Ord. 031211-11; Ord. 031211-42; Ord. 20090521-062.

Austin City Code § 30-1-155 PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTICE.

§ 30-1-155 - PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTICE. (A) This section applies to notice (B) Published notice is effective on the date a notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. (C) Mailed notice is effective on the date a letter is deposited in a depository of the U.S. Post Office, postage paid, and addressed: (1) to an applicant, by mailing notice to the property owner or agent at the address shown on the application or on a written change of address form filed with the single office; (2) to a notice owner of real property, by mailing notice to the owner shown on the records of the county tax appraisal district; (3) to a record owner of real property, by mailing notice to the owner at the street address of the property or, if the property does not have a street address, to the return address shown on the deed; and (4) to a neighborhood organization, by mailing notice to the agent or officer of the organization at the mailing address specified in the city registration information. (D) Notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, is only required if prescribed in this title. (E) Notice by hand delivery may be substituted for notice by mail if the addressee provides a receipt of delivery. (F) When mailed notice to a notice owner is required: (1) except as provided in Subsection (E)(2), the single office shall prepare the list of notice owners; or (2) if the county tax appraisal district maintains ownership records on an automated data base that is not accessible by the single office, the applicant shall provide a complete list of notice owners from information obtained from the tax appraisal district and shall certify its accuracy on a form provided by the single office. (G) The single office shall notify a neighborhood organization of: (1) an application concerning property located completely or partially within the boundaries of the neighborhood organization; and (2) a proposed amendment to the text of this title. Source: City Code Section 25-1-134; Ord. 031211-11; Ord. 031211-42.

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