Zoning Text Amendment No. 26-0007 — Public Hearing Notification
Description
Doubles hearing notice distances and lead times and requires on-site signs for new development projects. Recommended to Council 5-0, with added asks for Spanish-language and occupant notices.
Impact summary
Neighbors will get earlier, wider notice of hearings on projects near them; developers will pay more for those mailings and signs.
Applicant
- Name
- City of Banning (City-initiated)
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 4, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (3)
Expanded public hearing notifications — and who still gets left out
A resident complained that agendas aren't posted where meetings actually happen — the chamber entrance — leaving attendees unsure whether meetings are on or cancelled. He asked that agendas be posted on the exterior window as in past years.
Care facility zoning update to comply with SB 234
Banning's rules for family daycare homes and residential care facilities were out of step with state law. The fix makes family daycare homes and small care homes permitted by right — no special zoning permit, no business license tax — which should make it easier to open childcare in neighborhoods.
Spanish-language noticing gap
Banning has many Spanish-speaking neighbors, but the city has no policy to translate hearing notices or signs — and the two proposals tonight would have spent 20 days and 600 feet of notices without reaching them in their language. The Commission voted to ask the Council to consider requiring Spanish-language notices and signage.
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