(A) In case of protest against an amendment, duly signed by the owners of 20% or more either of the area of the lots included in such proposed change or of those immediately adjacent thereto, either in the rear thereof or on either side thereof, extending 100 feet therefrom or of those directly opposite thereto extending 100 feet from the street frontage of such opposite lots, such amendment shall not become effective, except by favorable vote of three-fourths of all the members of the Town Council.
(B) (1) Once the public hearing has been conducted, the Town Council shall render a decision on the petition.
(2) The decision of the Town Council shall be in the form of any of the various options listed in § 155.200(C)(1) or (C)(2) of this chapter.
(3) Alternatively, the Town Council may send the application back to the Planning Board for further study and consideration.
(4) The petitioner shall have the right to withdraw his or her petition at any time prior to the final decision being rendered by the Town Council.
(5) The Town Council shall have the authority to call for additional public hearings on any amended petition brought before it.
(6) The 45-day Planning Board review period shall be in effect after the close of the first and any subsequent public hearings called for by the Town Council on a particular amendment.
(Ord. passed - -, § 10.7)