Following the initiation of an amendment request, the following steps are required for the adoption of a text or Map amendment:
(A) The proposed amendment application shall be referred to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation. The Planning Commission shall review the request at an open meeting at which the person initiating the request may be allowed to make written or oral presentations. If oral or written comments are taken from the applicant, the Planning Commission shall give other interested members of the public an opportunity to make comments at the meeting. The review of the amendment request by the Planning Commission shall include a determination of whether the proposed amendment is in conformity with the City of Dillon Comprehensive Plan. The Planning Commission shall file with the City Council its report and recommendation on the proposed amendment within forty-five (45) days of the receipt of the amendment application.
(B) Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment. Newspaper notice of the public hearing shall be published at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the community.
(C) For amendments which request a change to the Zoning Map, notices of the public hearing shall be posted on or adjacent to the property which is proposed to be rezoned, with one (1) notice visible from each street bordering the property.
(D) For amendments which request a change to the Zoning Map, notices of public hearing shall be mailed to all adjacent land owners and to groups which have filed a written request for notices.
(E) The amendment ordinance may be introduced for first reading of the City Council on the same date as the public hearing on the amendment.
(F) The City Council may adopt or reject the amendment ordinance on second reading at least six (6) days after the first reading. Map amendments may be adopted or rejected for all or any portion of the properties being requested. A zoning district designation which was not included in the public notices shall not be adopted. An amendment may be withdrawn in writing by the initiator at any time prior to final action by the City Council.
(G) All amendments shall be noted and placed in the copy of the zoning ordinance maintained by the Code Enforcement Director and/or the Municipal Clerk. Map amendments shall be reflected on the official Zoning Map as soon as practicable after their approval.
(H) A fee of fifty dollars ($50) shall accompany each application for amendment.
(Am. Ord. 02-06, passed 4-8-2002)