Village Council may amend the text of this Zoning Ordinance or the Official Zoning Map. Amendments to the text of this Zoning Ordinance and/or the Official Zoning Map may be initiated by any one of the following methods:
(a) Adoption of a resolution by Village Council to initiate an amendment (with certification to the Planning Commission);
(b) Adoption of a motion by the Planning Commission to initiate an amendment;
(c) Village Council acceptance of a petition to initiate an amendment made by one or more property owners, or their duly appointed representatives, within an area proposed to be changed or affected by the proposed amendment (with certification to the Planning Commission).
(1) A petition to initiate an amendment shall be submitted pursuant to Section 1138.01
(a) to (c) and shall include the following, as applicable:
A. A proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendment shall provide a statement of the proposed modifications to the text.
B. A proposed amendment to the Official Zoning Map shall provide a graphic or legal description of the proposed change, adequately describing the district and area to be modified, including the number of lots to be rezoned. Proposed changes to less than eleven (11) parcels of land, as listed on the tax duplicate, shall require a list of the current property owners within five hundred (500) feet in any direction from any part of the defined area to be amended. Such list shall contain a parcel map and a certified copy of each and every map page used to obtain the list of names of the property owners being submitted.
C. The petition shall provide evidence or a rationale to justify that the proposed amendment would result in an equal or better Zoning Ordinance than that existing. This may include evidence that the existing Zoning Ordinance is unreasonable with respect to the particular property, and that it deprives the property owner of all lawful and reasonable use of the land. For the purposes of this Zoning Ordinance, a limitation upon the financial gain, or actual or potential loss in value from the rezoning of the land in question shall not constitute unreasonable zoning and shall not render an amendment invalid.
1. If a similar petition has been denied within the previous two (2) years, Village Council shall summarily deny subsequent non-meritorious petitions, except with a statement by the Planning Commission of changed or changing conditions affecting the land sufficient to warrant reconsideration.
2. No amendment or change to the Zoning Ordinance may become effective unless the ordinance proposing it is first certified to the Planning Commission for consideration and report to Village Council.
(Ord. 2013-26. Passed 10-3-13.)