(a) Applications. Applications for any change of district boundaries or classifications of property as shown on the Zoning Map shall be submitted to the Commission, at its public office, upon such forms and shall be accompanied by such data and information as may be prescribed for that purpose by the Commission, so as to assure the fullest practicable presentation of facts for the permanent record. Each such application shall be verified by at least one of the owners or lessees of property within the area proposed to be reclassified, attesting to the truth and correctness of all facts and information presented with the applications. Applications for amendments initiated by the Commission shall be accompanied by its motion pertaining to such proposed amendment.
(b) Names and Addresses of Adjacent Property Owners. Any person or persons desiring a change in the zoning classification of property shall file with the application for such change, a statement giving the names and addresses of the owners of all properties lying within 200 feet of any part of the property the zoning classification of which is proposed to be changed.
(c) Public Hearing by Commission. Before submitting its recommendation on a proposed amendment to Council, the Commission shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least thirty days before the date of the hearing. The notice shall state the place or places and times at which the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, including text and maps, may be examined.
(d) Notice to Property Owners. In addition to the published notice as hereinbefore specified, the Commission shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of public hearings to be held by it on proposed amendments or supplements, by mailing a postal card or letter notice not less than twenty days prior to the date of the hearing, to the owners of all properties lying within 200 feet of any part of the property proposed to be changed. The failure to notify, as provided in this section, shall not invalidate any recommendations adopted hereunder; it being the intention of this section to provide, so far as may be possible, due notice to the persons substantially interested in the proposed change that an application is pending before the Commission, proposing to make a change in the Zoning District Map or the regulations set forth in this Zoning Ordinance.
(e) Action of Commission. The Commission may recommend that the application be granted as requested, or it may recommend a modification of the zoning amendment requested in the application, or it may recommend that the application be not granted. These recommendations shall then be certified to Council within thirty days after the hearing.
(f) Public Hearing by Council. After receiving from the Commission the certification of such recommendations on the proposed amendment, and before adoption of such amendment, Council shall hold a public hearing thereon, at least thirty days' notice of the time and place of which shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City once a week for two weeks. The notice shall state the place or places and times at which the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, including text and maps, may be examined and other notices as required by State statutes or the Planning Commission.
(g) Notice to Property Owners. In addition to the published notice as hereinbefore specified, the Clerk of Council shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of public hearings to be held by it on proposed amendments or supplements, by mailing a first-class mail notice not less than twenty days prior to the date of hearing to the owners of all properties lying within 200 feet of any part of the property proposed to be changed. The failure to notify as provided in this section shall not invalidate any recommendation adopted hereunder; it being the intention of this section to provide notice to the persons substantially interested in the proposed change that an application is pending before the Commission proposing to make a change in the Zoning District Map or the regulations set forth in this Zoning Ordinance.
(h) Action of Council. After receiving from the Planning Commission certification of the recommendations on the proposed amendment and after holding the above public hearing, Council shall consider such recommendations and vote on the passage of the proposed amendment to the text of the Zoning Ordinance or the Zoning District Map. No such ordinance, measure or regulation which differs from or departs from the plan or report submitted by the Commission shall take effect unless passed or approved by not less than three-fourths of the membership of the legislative authority.