A. Staff Report: A staff report evaluating the application for establishment of the character conservation district shall be prepared by the planning division.
B. Public Hearing By Historic Landmark Commission: The historic landmark commission shall schedule and hold a public hearing on the application in accordance with the standards and procedures for conduct of the public hearing set forth in chapter 21A.10 of this title.
C. Historic Landmark Commission Recommendation: Following the public hearing, the historic landmark commission shall recommend approval or denial of the proposed amendment or the approval of some modification of the amendment and shall then submit its recommendation to the planning commission and city council.
D. Public Hearing By Planning Commission: The planning commission shall schedule and hold a public hearing on the application in accordance with the standards and procedures for conduct of the public hearing set forth in chapter 21A.10 of this title.
E. Planning Commission Recommendation: Following the public hearing, the planning commission shall recommend approval or denial of the proposed amendment or the approval of some modification of the amendment and shall then submit its recommendation to the city council.
F. Determination; Level Of Public Support:
1. Following the completion of the historic landmark commission and planning commission public hearings, the planning division will deliver a public support ballot to all property owners of record within the boundary of the proposed character conservation district.
2. Property owners of record will have thirty (30) days from the postmark date of the public support ballot to submit a response to the planning division indicating the property owner's support or nonsupport of the proposed character conservation district.
3. A certified letter shall be mailed to all property owners within the proposed character conservation district whose public support ballot has not been received by the planning division within fifteen (15) days from the original postmark date. This follow up letter will encourage the property owners to submit a public support ballot prior to the thirty (30) day deadline date set by the mailing of the first public support ballot.
4. There shall be one vote per property and the results of the vote shall be based on the number of votes received. A vote to abstain shall not be counted as a vote received.
G. Notification Of Public Support: Following the determination of the level of support, the planning division will send notice of the results to all property owners within the proposed character conservation district.
H. Public Hearing By City Council: The city council shall schedule and hold a public hearing to consider the proposed amendment in accordance with the standards and procedures for conduct of the public hearing set forth in chapter 21A.10 of this title.
I. City Council Action: At the public hearing, the city council may adopt the proposed creation of a character conservation district, adopt the proposed character conservation district with modifications, or deny the proposed character conservation district. However, no additional land may be added to the boundaries of the character conservation district, without new notice and hearing.
J. Designation Of Character Conservation District:
1. If the number of ballots received in support exceed the number of ballots in opposition, the city council may designate a character conservation district by simply majority vote.
2. If the number of ballots received in support do not exceed the number of ballots received in opposition, the city council may only designate a character conservation district by a super majority (2/3) vote.
K. Amendments To District Boundaries Or Standards: Amendments to the character conservation district boundaries or standards shall be processed in the same manner as a new application according to the process in the chapter. (Ord. 73-12, 2012)