(a) The City Council may from time to time amend the terms of this chapter, but no amendment shall become effective unless it shall have been proposed by or shall have been submitted to the Planning Board for review and recommendation. The Board shall have 30 days from the time the proposed amendment is submitted to it within which to submit its report. If the Board fails to submit a report within the specified time, it shall be deemed to have recommended approval of the amendment.
(b) No amendment shall be adopted by the governing body until they have held a public hearing on the amendment. Notice of the public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city area at least once a week for two consecutive calendar weeks prior to the hearing. The initial notice shall appear not more than 25 nor less than ten days prior to the hearing date. In computing the ten-to-twenty-five day period, the date of first publication shall be counted, but the date of the hearing shall not be counted.
(Ord. of 4-6-92, No. 190-92; Ord. of 3-6-06, No. 5-06)