(a) Within twenty days after such public hearing, Council shall either adopt or deny the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission or adopt some modification thereof. No such amendment or supplement which violates, differs from, or departs from the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall take effect unless passed or approved by not less than five memberships of Council.
(b) Before any map amendment is approved by City Council, the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council must find that the map amendment is in agreement with the City’s comprehensive plan or, in the absence of such a finding, that one or more of the following apply; and such findings shall be recorded in the minutes and records of the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council.
(1) That the original zoning classification given the property was improper or in appropriate.
(2) That there have been major changes of an economic, physical, or social nature within the area involved which were not anticipated in the City’s comprehensive plan and which have substantially altered the basic characteristics of such area.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)