(a) Public Hearing. Before the proposed Ordinance may be passed, the City Council shall hold a public hearing, and shall give at least thirty (30) days notice of the time and place thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. If the proposed Ordinance intends to remove or redistrict ten (10) or less parcels of land, as listed on the tax duplicate, written notice of the hearing shall be made by the Clerk of Council, by first-class mail, at least 20 days before the date of the public hearing to the owners of property within 200 feet or contiguous to, and directly across the street from such parcel or parcels to be redistricted to the address of such owners appearing on the application. The failure of delivery of such notice shall not invalidate such proposed Ordinance.
(b) Display of Relevant Materials. During such thirty (30) days, the text or copy of the text of the proposed Ordinance, together with maps, plans, and reports or copies thereof forming part of or referenced in such proposed Ordinance shall be on file, for public examination, in the office of the Zoning Inspector.
(c) Action by City Council. No such Ordinance which is in accordance with the recommendation submitted by the Planning Commission shall be deemed to pass or take effect without the concurrence of at least a majority of the membership of the City Council. No such Ordinance which violates, differs from, or departs from the recommendation submitted by the Planning Commission shall take effect unless passed or approved by not less than three fourths (3/4) of the membership of the City Council.
(d) Criteria. In reviewing the proposed amendment and arriving at its decision, the City Council shall consider the following factors:
(1) Compatibility of the proposed amendment with the zoning and use of adjacent land, and with any land use /comprehensive plans adopted by the City .
(2) The effect of the adoption of the proposed amendment on motor vehicle access, traffic flow, storm drainage and public infrastructure in the area.
(3) The effect of the adoption of the proposed amend-ment upon the public health, safety and general welfare of the adjacent properties and other residents of the City.
(e) Effective Date and Referendum. Such amendment adopted by City Council shall become effective in accordance with applicable Ohio law, unless within thirty (30) days after the passage of the ordinance there is presented to the City Auditor a petition, signed by a number of qualified voters residing in the City equal to not less than ten (10) percent of the total vote cast in such area at the last preceding general election at which a Governor was elected, requesting the City Council to submit the zoning amendment to the electors of the City for approval or rejection at the next general election. When such petition is filed with the City Auditor, signed by the required number of electors, the Auditor shall, after ten (10) days, certify the text of the proposed ordinance or measure to the Board of Elections. The Auditor shall retain the petition.
No amendment for which such referendum vote has been requested shall be put into effect unless a majority vote cast on the issue is in favor of the amendment. Upon certification by the Board of Elections that the amendment has been approved by the voters, it shall take immediate effect.
(f) Incorporation onto Official Zoning Map. If an amendment adopted by City Council or approved by referendum pertains to a change on the Official Zoning Map, such change shall be incorporated onto the Map by reference to the Ordinance Number and the date of adoption.