Long Beach officials announced on Wednesday new rules for noticing of public hearings.
Beginning Thursday, the required noticing radius has been expanded to 750 feet around the subject site, but a 1,000-foot noticing radius will be mandatory for city or institutional projects.
In addition to property owners, all occupants -- both residential and non-residential -- must also be given notice.
Signs must now be posted with a 30" x 40" notice poster, which will be provided to project applicants by the city.
All Planning applications submitted on or after Thursday will be subject to these requirements. Projects submitted prior to this date will be subject to the previous noticing requirements.
For more information, please call the Department of Development Services at 562.570.6194 or visit http://lbds.longbeach.gov.
City officials said the new requirements were made with the goal of increasing community awareness about public hearings, and in an effort to increase public engagement and participation in the planning process.
Hmm, any idea if they have size requirements for the actual info? I've seen things like this, with a huge cardboard backer with a tiny little 5"x7" notice printed in six point Garamond then run through a low-rent copier stapled to the middle. So no one can read it unless they happened to haul a magnifying glass along.
And this includes city and county governments who apparently would just as soon the citizens not actually read these things in case they get some idea they have a voice in local affairs.