(A) No protest against a change, amendment or revision of the ordinance, shall be valid or effective unless it be in the form of a written petition actually bearing the signatures of the owners of 20% or more of either the area of lots included in such proposed change, or those immediately adjacent thereto, either in the rear or either side thereof, extending 100 feet therefrom, or those directly opposite thereto extending 100 feet from the street frontage of such opposite lots.
(B) The protest petition shall be on the form prescribed and furnished by the town.
(C) The protest petition shall be received by the Town Clerk at least two normal work days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays) before the date established for a public hearing on the proposed change, amendment or revision. Upon certification by the Town Clerk to the Town Council of the validity of the protest petition, no change, amendment or revision shall become effective, except by a favorable vote of three-fourths of all members of the Town Council.
(Ord. passed 3-14-2005; Ord. passed 10-10-2016; Ord. passed 3-14-2019, § 1205)