(A) The City Council, Zoning Commission and/or Planning Board shall hold one or more public hearings on the matters referred to in such initiation or petition at which parties in interest, and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard.
(B) Notice of such public hearings shall be provided as required by MCA § 76-2-203.
(C) Any amendment to the text of this title shall be the subject of one or more public hearing(s) before the City Council, after receiving a recommendation from the Zoning Commission and/or Planning Board as set forth below.
(D) The public hearings to be heard by the Zoning Commission and/or Planning Board shall be conducted by the bodies specified in this subchapter.
(1) Any amendment to the text of this title affecting only zoning provisions of this title shall be heard by the Zoning Commission.
(2) Any amendment to the text of this title affecting only subdivisions shall be heard by the Planning Board.
(3) Any amendment to the text of this title affecting both zoning and subdivision shall be heard as a joint hearing of the Planning Board and Zoning Commission with the President of the Planning Board to preside. When there is a question as to whether an amendment would affect both subdivision and zoning, the public hearing shall be jointly held.
(4) After such hearing or hearings, the Zoning Commission and/or Planning Board will make reports and recommendations on the petition or initiation to the City Council.
(E) In the event that there is a question as to whether a proposed text amendment affects both zoning and subdivision, or only one of the subjects, the Planning Board shall determine which bodies must hold a public hearing.
(F) Recommendations to the City Council and other official actions by both the Zoning Commission and the Planning Board shall be only be official if made by at least a majority of a quorum of the body.
(Prior Code, § 11.01.300.080) (Ord. 2021-15, passed 12-20-2021)