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Any person may propose amendments to the provisions of this title by delivering a copy of the proposed amendment to the Planning Services Department. The applicant may submit a written request to withdraw the text amendment application at any time prior to final action by the City Council. (Ord. 2-19, 1-22-2019)
A. The Zoning Advisory Commission shall consider a text amendment request at a public hearing. Following the public hearing, the Zoning Advisory Commission shall act to recommend approval or denial of the request, or table the request.
B. The commission's recommendations shall be forthwith transmitted to the Council for its action. (Ord. 2-19, 1-22-2019)
A. Following receipt of the Zoning Advisory Commission's recommendation, the City Council shall act to hold its own public hearing on the proposed amendment.
B. Following the public hearing, the Council shall adopt, table or reject the proposed amendment. In those cases where the Zoning Advisory Commission has recommended disapproval of the amendment, the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths (3/4) of the City Council shall be required to enact the amendment. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
At all public hearings required by this title to be held by the Zoning Advisory Commission or City Council, all interested persons shall have an opportunity to express their opinions on the subject matter at hand, either in person or by agent, subject in all cases to reasonable rules of procedure. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)
A. Notice of the time and place of all public hearings to be held by the Zoning Advisory Commission shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least seven (7) days and not more than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the hearing.
B. A reasonable effort shall be made to notify by mail those property owners whose property is being considered for reclassification and those owners of adjacent property and other parcels within two hundred feet (200') therefrom, prior to the first public hearing in which the reclassification request will be considered. Where the commission has a public hearing on a reclassification request, the commission shall direct and require verification that the applicant or their agent has taken responsible steps to give notice of the time, place, and subject of the hearing by first class mail to all property owners within two hundred feet (200') of the property for which reclassification is requested, and to the owner(s) of the property included in such request. The commission may require, at its discretion and at the applicant's expense, notification of owners of property located more than two hundred feet (200') from the subject property and of other parties with a direct interest in the reclassification requested.
C. Only one mailing shall be required in any event, and mail notice by the Council shall not be required. In all cases, however, the notice shall be mailed not less than seven (7) days and not more than twenty (20) days prior to the public hearing announced therein. (Ord. 52-09, 10-19-2009)