An amendment to this chapter may be initiated by the City Council, by the Planning Commission, or by petition of affected property owners. Any property owner or owners may make written application to the City Zoning Officer for an amendment, stating the proposed amendment in full. An application by affected property owners shall be accompanied by a zoning change fee to be set by the City Council by ordinance. An amendment not initiated by the Planning Commission shall be referred to it for study and report and may not be acted upon by the City Council until the City Council has received the recommendation of the Planning Commission on the proposed amendment or until a reasonable time has elapsed from the date of reference of the amendment without a report by the Planning Commission. No amendment shall be adopted until a public hearing has been held upon it by the City Council. The City Council shall set a date for hearing on the amendment. The Clerk/Treasurer shall cause notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing to be published in the official newspaper of the city at least ten days prior to the day of the hearing. When an amendment involves changes in district boundaries affecting an area of five acres or less, a similar notice shall be mailed by the Clerk/Treasurer at least ten days before the day of the hearing to each owner of affected property and to each owner of property situated wholly or partly within 350 feet of the property to which the amendment relates. All interested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard at the hearing. After the hearing, the City Council may proceed with its consideration of the proposed amendment. The City Council may reject the proposed amendment, or it may, by ordinance, adopt the proposed amendment, with or without change. This chapter may be amended by a majority vote of all of the members of the City Council. The adoption of an amendment which changes all or part of the existing classification of a zoning district from residential to either commercial or industrial requires a two-thirds majority vote of all members of the City Council.
(Ord. passed 6-9-2020; Ord. passed 4-13-2021; Ord. passed 7-13-2021; Ord. passed 8-16-2022; Ord. passed 10-11-2022)