A. The city council may amend the regulations and district boundaries herein established on its own motion, on recommendation of the planning commission, or upon petition. No amendment shall become effective until after public hearings and referral to the planning commission for report and recommendations thereon.
B. Amendment of the district boundaries upon petition from one or more property owners shall require notice of hearing to be mailed to all property owners within three hundred feet (300') of the request by first class mail not less than twenty (20) days prior to the hearing and publication of notice in a newspaper of general circulation not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing. Petitions for changes in the district boundaries herein established shall be submitted to the office of the planning commission on forms approved by the planning commission and shall be accompanied by:
1. A listing of the names and addresses of all owners of property within a three hundred foot (300') radius of the property under consideration, certified as true and accurate by an abstractor;
2. A filing fee as may be established by the city council; and
3. Such other information as may be required by the planning commission.
Additionally, persons petitioning for a change in district boundaries shall be responsible for the cost of publication of notices thereof.
C. Amendment of the regulations, restrictions and district boundaries initiated by city council motion or upon recommendation of the planning commission shall require publication of notice of hearing in a newspaper of general circulation at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing thereon. (Prior code § 16-51)