In order to make any amendment to this chapter, either to the text or to the map, the following procedure shall be followed. If any use or density is not permitted in a zoning district by the provisions of the zoning order, it may not be permitted by any agency unless the zoning order is amended according to the amendment procedure.
(A) Review by Planning Commission. No amendment shall be made without first being reviewed by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission may refuse to review proposed amendments which have been proposed and rejected within the past year.
(B) Public hearing. The Planning Commission shall present every proposed amendment to the public at a public hearing. Public hearings on amendments to the zoning order shall be scheduled at the discretion of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall publish notice once, not less than seven nor more than 20 days prior to said public hearing, in a newspaper having general circulation throughout the county, indicating the time and place of each public hearing on proposed amendments to the zoning order. The Planning Commission may establish a schedule of reasonable fees to be paid by the applicant for a zoning map or text amendment. The Planning Commission may also issue notification of the public hearings by such other means as it may determine.
(C) Special public hearing. The Planning Commission may call a special public hearing at any time to consider a zoning amendment, shall conform with the notice requirements for such special meeting as set forth in KRS 100.163 and KRS Chapter 424, and may establish a separate schedule of reasonable fees to be paid by the applicant for the zoning amendment, which fees shall cover the cost of adequate advertisement of the special hearing by such means as the Planning Commission determines to be necessary.
(D) Recommendation to the City Council or Fiscal Court. The Planning Commission shall submit its recommendations to the City Council or Fiscal Court within 60 days after the public hearing. The City Council or the Fiscal Court may each act independently of the other to amend the zoning order within its respective area of jurisdiction. The Planning Commission may revise proposed amendments, in which case such amendments shall be presented again at a public hearing according to KRS 100.211. The Planning Commission, as well as the legislative bodies of the city and county, may also initiate proposed amendments.
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