(a) Initiation of Amendments.
(1) Any proposal for an amendment to this Zoning Code text or map may be initiated by any qualified voter, resident in the City, upon filing with the City Clerk a petition containing the proposed text or map change and endorsed by City electors numbering not less than five (5) percent of the number of City electors voting for the office of Governor at the last election at which a Governor was elected, accompanied by any necessary documents.
(2) Any proposal for an amendment to the Zoning Map may be initiated by any owner of an interest in the lot as to the rezoning of such lot, upon filing with the City Clerk a petition proposing the zone change, accompanied by a map at a scale of not less than one (1) inch equals fifty (50) feet, showing the subject parcel in relation to adjoining parcels of land, and the necessary fees for such zone change.
(3) Any proposal for an amendment to the Zoning Code text or map may be initiated by Council or the Planning Commission, upon filing with the City Clerk a resolution, duly adopted, proposing an amendment.
(b) Procedures.
(1) The Planning Commission shall conduct at least one (1) public hearing with notice given in accordance with Section 1262.19.
(2) Following such hearing, the Commission shall process the proposed Zoning Code amendments in accordance with the procedures outlined in Act No. 110 of the Public Acts of 2006, as amended.
(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95; Res. 2007-02. Passed 7-11-07; Ord. 2023-07. Passed 7-24-23.)