18.28.015 Notification of intention to determine status.

(A) A written notice shall be sent to the owner(s) of the parcels affected, notifying them of the city's intention to determine status and describing the procedure and standards, as set forth herein, for merger to occur.

(B) The notice of intention shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested to the owner(s) of the affected parcels.

(C) A copy of the notice of intention shall be recorded with the county recorder of Napa County on the same date the notice is mailed to the property owner(s).

(D) The written notice of intention shall advise the owner(s) that a hearing before the planning commission may be requested, within thirty days of the date of said notice, by written application to the city's community development director to determine the status of the affected parcels, and to present evidence that the said parcels do not meet the standards for merger.

(E) Upon receiving an application for hearing on determination of status, the community development director shall place the matter within sixty days on the planning commission agenda and shall send the property owner(s) notice of the time and place of hearing, by certified mail, return receipt requested.

(F) All written notices shall be sent to the owner(s) of the affected parcels as they appear on the last tax assessor's roll in Napa County.