A rezoning not initiated by the planning and zoning commission shall be referred to the commission for study and public hearing. In its deliberations on the matter, the commission shall consider oral or written statements from the applicant, the public, city staff, and its own members. The commission may recommend approval or disapproval, or it may table the rezoning application. The application may not be tabled more than two meetings in succession. The planning and zoning commission shall notify the city council, in writing, of its recommendation. The recommendation shall include the reasons for the recommendation and be transmitted to the council not more than fifteen days after the public hearing in which the recommendation was made.
(Ord. 1178 § 7.2.4, 1987)