§ 74-210. Establishment of UAZ board; hearing.

(a)

If an application is determined to be eligible for UAZ designation under the provision of this article and the UAZ Act, then the director shall introduce an ordinance to establish an urban agricultural zone board. If blight has not yet been determined, such ordinance shall also include provisions for making such determination.

(b)

Upon approval of the ordinance, the urban agricultural zone board shall be deemed established and its members shall be appointed in such manner and for such terms as provided by the UAZ Act.

(c)

The urban agricultural zone board shall fix a time and place for public hearing and notify each taxing jurisdiction located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the proposed UAZ. The board shall send, by certified mail, a notice of such hearing to all taxing districts and political subdivisions in the area to be affected and shall publish notice of such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the area to be affected by the designation at least 20 days prior to the hearing but not more than 30 days prior to the hearing. Such notice shall state the time, location, date and purpose of the hearing. At the public hearing any interested person or affected taxing district may file with the board written objections to, or comments on, and may be heard orally in respect to, any issues embodied in the notice. The board shall hear and consider all protests, objections, comments, and other evidence presented at the hearing, The hearing may be continued to another date without further notice other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes fixing the time and place of the subsequent hearing.

(Ord. No. 140287 , § 1, 5-1-14)