Subject to the conditions stated below, territory which is annexed into the City of Chillicothe subsequent to the effective date of this Ordinance shall, upon the effective date of the annexation, be zoned into the R-1 District. Within three (3) months from the date of annexation, the Planning Commission shall present a zoning plan for the annexed territory to City Council, however such plan may be submitted prior to annexation. Such plan shall consider the recommendations of any comprehensive plan for the area, if adopted by City Council. City Council may hold a public hearing on the proposed zoning plan, as recommended by the Commission. If such hearing is held, notice of such hearing shall be given in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality not less than thirty (30) days before the date of the hearing. Within thirty (30) days after such hearing, City Council shall approve, or approve with modification the zoning plan. If such zoning plan is approved by City Council prior to the effective date of annexation, then the annexed property shall be considered to be zoned as specified in the date the annexation is effective.
Nothing in this Section shall prevent the owner of property within the annexed territory from applying for a zoning amendment, after the effective date of annexation, pursuant to the procedures specified in Chapter 1117.
(Ord. 27-11. Passed 3-14-11.)