17-79-205. Notice of public hearings and public meetings on adoption or modification of land use regulation.
(1) Each county shall give: notice of the date, time, and place of the first public hearing to consider the adoption or modification of a land use regulation; and notice of each public meeting on the subject.
(2) Each notice of a public hearing under Subsectionshall be: (1)(a) mailed to each affected entity at least 10 calendar days before the public hearing; and provided for the area affected by the land use ordinance changes, as a class B notice under Section, for at least 10 calendar days before the day of the public hearing; or 63G-30-102 if the proposed land use ordinance adoption or modification is ministerial in nature, as described in Subsectionsand, provided as a class A notice under Sectionfor at least 10 calendar days before the day of the public hearing. (6)(a) (b) 63G-30-102
(3) In addition to the notice requirements described in Subsectionsand, for any proposed modification to the text of a zoning code, the notice posted in accordance with Subsectionshall: (1) (2) (2) include: a summary of the effect of the proposed modifications to the text of the zoning code designed to be understood by a lay person; or a direct link to the county's webpage where a person can find a summary of the effect of the proposed modifications to the text of the zoning code designed to be understood by a lay person; and be provided to any person upon written request.
(4) Each notice of a public meeting under Subsectionshall be at least 24 hours before the hearing and shall be published for the county, as a class A notice under Section, for at least 24 hours. (1)(b) 63G-30-102
(5) A county shall send a courtesy notice to each owner of private real property whose property is located entirely or partially within the proposed zoning map enactment or amendment at least 10 days before the scheduled day of the public hearing. The notice shall: identify with specificity each owner of record of real property that will be affected by the proposed zoning map or map amendments; state the current zone in which the real property is located; state the proposed new zone for the real property; provide information regarding or a reference to the proposed regulations, prohibitions, and permitted uses that the property will be subject to if the zoning map or map amendment is adopted; state that the owner of real property may no later than 10 days after the day of the first public hearing file a written objection to the inclusion of the owner's property in the proposed zoning map or map amendment; state the address where the property owner should file the protest; notify the property owner that each written objection filed with the county will be provided to the county legislative body; and state the location, date, and time of the public hearing described in Section. 17-79-502 If a county mails notice to a property owner under Subsectionfor a public hearing on a zoning map or map amendment, the notice required in this Subsectionmay be included in or part of the notice described in Subsectionrather than sent separately. (2)(b)(i) (5) (2)(b)(i)
(6) For purposes of the notice requirements in Subsectiononly, a proposed land use ordinance is ministerial in nature if the proposed land use ordinance change is to: (2)(b) bring the county's land use ordinances into compliance with a state or federal law; adopt a county land use update that affects: an entire zoning district; or multiple zoning districts; adopt a non-substantive, clerical text amendment to an existing land use ordinance; recodify the county's existing land use ordinances; or designate or define an affected area for purposes of a boundary adjustment or annexation. A proposed land use ordinance may include more than one of the purposes described in Subsectionand remain ministerial in nature. (6)(a) If a proposed land use ordinance includes an adoption or modification not described in Subsection: (6)(a) the proposed land use ordinance is not ministerial in nature, even if the proposed land use ordinance also includes a change or modification described in Subsection; and (6)(a) the notice requirements of Subsectionapply. (2)(b)(i)