(a) Council, when it deems it necessary, may appoint a Board of Zoning Appeals. The Planning Commission shall act as the Board in accordance with this Zoning Code and the City Charter and all references to the Board shall be taken to mean the Commission until Council appoints the Board pursuant to Section 1268.05.
(b) Council is authorized to enact amendments to this Zoning Code following recommendation of the Commission and following the holding of a public hearing with public notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the City ten days prior to the hearing date. Amendment may be initiated by a resolution of intention by the Commission or Council or by a verified application of one or more of the owners or authorized representatives of the owners of property within the area proposed to be changed.
(c) Council shall favorably consider an application for a zoning text amendment, a change of zoning district on the Official Zoning District Map or a reclassification of property, only if the request for a change of zoning can be justified on one of the following grounds
(1) A manifest error in this Zoning Code;
(2) An accordance with, or more appropriate conformity to, the Englewood Comprehensive Land Use Plan and its relative priorities;
(3) A substantial change in area conditions; or
(4) A legitimate requirement for additional land area for the particular zoning district.
In the case of a change to the Official Zoning District Map, Council shall not consider favorably any petition which would result in a total contiguous area (separated only by streets and excluding the area of streets) of less than the acreage minimums specified as the minimum size requirement for zoning districts in Section 1260.05.
(Ord. 79-56. Passed 11-13-79; Ord. 86-24. Passed 12-9-86.)