(a) Upon the receipt of an application or resolution or upon the passage of a motion, the Planning Commission shall set a date for a public hearing, at which the Commission shall review the proposed amendment.
(b) Notice of the proposed amendment shall be published at least ten days prior to the date of the required hearing, in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the City.
(c) Whenever the Planning Commission is to consider a map amendment that proposes to rezone ten or fewer parcels as listed on the tax duplicate, public notice shall be given according to the following:
(1) Public notice shall be given to the applicant and to all record title holders of property that are immediately adjacent to, abutting, adjoining, or directly across the street from the property proposed to be rezoned or redistricted.
(2) Notices shall be given at least ten days prior to the date of the meeting.
(3) Notices shall include the time and place of the meeting and a summary of the proposed amendment.
(4) Failure of delivery of such notice shall not invalidate any recommendation of the Planning Commission or any subsequently enacted ordinance.
(d) In considering the proposed amendment, the Planning Commission shall give weight to any protest presented, duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of 20% or more of the lots included in such proposed change, or 20% or more of the area of the lots immediately adjacent to the rear or adjoining on the sides thereof extending 100 feet from the street frontage of such opposite lots.
(e) The Planning Commission may recess such hearings from time to time, and, if the time and place of the continued hearing is publicly announced at the time of adjournment, no further notice shall be required.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01.)