§ 15.08.020. Outdoor advertising devices—Permission to erect.

A.

The city council may give permission to erect, display or maintain a billboard, sign or other outdoor advertising device, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.08.010, provided that the city council shall first hold a public hearing on an application for such special permission, notice of which shall be given by posting the same in a public place in the city at least two weeks before the date of such hearings and also by giving notice of such hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city once in each of two successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than fourteen days before the day of the hearing. Notice shall be sent by mail, postage prepaid, at the expense of the applicant, to all "parties of interest."

B.

"Parties of interest," as used in this section, means the petitioner, abutter, owners or land directly opposite on any public or private streets or ways, and abutters to the abutters of the property line of the petitioner as they appear on the most recently applicable tax list maintained by the city assessors.

C.

All expenses for the publication, hearing notices and mailing shall be borne by the applicant.

(C.O.81-135 § 2; prior revision § 3-1(i))