(A) (1) Any person, firm or corporation desiring to have any land or premises rezoned shall
make application therefor in writing to the Planning Commission, on the forms provided, at least 28 days prior to the scheduled commission meeting.
(2) The application shall contain the following information, in addition to other data the Planning Commission may require:
(a) The legal description of the property to be rezoned;
(b) The street address or approximate location within the city;
(c) The name(s) and address(es) of the owner(s) thereof;
(d) The district in which it is to be rezoned; and
(e) A list of names and addresses of all record property owners within a 300-foot radius of the exterior boundary of the subject property. This list shall be current and certified by a bonded abstractor or the County Assessor of Oklahoma County.
(3) For each rezoning application, a filing fee shall be deposited with the City Clerk, as may be established by resolution of the City Council.
(B) (1) The Secretary of the Planning Commission, or his or her designee, shall give notice of all public hearings on a rezoning application by mailing written notice to all owners of property within a 300-foot radius of the exterior boundary of subject property at least 20 days prior to the Planning Commission public hearing. The notice shall contain the following:
(a) Legal description of the property, and the street address or approximate location in the city;
(b) Present zoning and classification of the property and the classification sought by the applicant;
(c) Date, time and place of the Planning Commission and City Council public hearing; and
(d) General location map.
(2) Notice of the Planning Commission public hearing may also be given by posting notice of the same on the affected property at least 20 days before the date of hearing. The notice shall contain the following:
(a) Present zoning classification of the property and the classification sought by the applicant;
(b) Date, time and place of the Planning Commission public hearing.
(3) The City Clerk shall also give notice of the date, time and place of all public hearings on rezoning application by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least 15 days prior to the Planning Commission public hearing. The notice shall include a map of the area to be affected which indicates street names or numbers, streams or other significant landmarks in the area.
(C) (1) In addition to the notice required in division (B) of this section, if the zoning change requested permits the use of treatment facilities, multiple family facilities, transitional living facilities, halfway houses and any housing or facility that may be used for medical or non-medical detoxification, as these terms are defined pursuant to 43A O.S. § 3-403, the entity proposing the change in district regulation, restriction, or boundary shall mail a written notice within 30 days of the hearing to all real property owners within one-quarter of a mile where the area to be affected is located, and shall be responsible for all costs incurred in mailing this notice. The entity proposing the change shall provide to the city an affidavit of mailing the notice, along with certified ownership list of all property located within one-quarter mile of the property proposed to be rezoned. The list shall be certified as described in division (A)(2) of this section.
(2) For purposes of this division (C), ENTITY means any individual, corporation, company, firm, partnership, association, trust, state agency, government instrumentality or agency, institution, county, incorporated municipality or municipal authority or trust in which any governmental entity is a beneficiary, venture, or other legal entity however organized.
(Prior Code, § 13-656) (Ord. 1240, passed 7-19-83; Am. Ord. 1827, passed 8-4-09; Am. Ord. 1880, passed 6-17-14; Am. Ord. 1974, passed 8-6-19)