1139.02 PETITION.

   A petition requesting amendment or change in the district boundaries or regulations herein may be considered by Council. Such petition shall be duly signed by the owners of fifty percent (50%) or more of the area of lots included in such proposed change, and fifty percent (50%) of all lots or portions thereof within two hundred feet in every direction from the boundaries of the proposed change. Such petition shall not be accepted or presented or considered at any meeting of Council unless and until the person or persons requesting the amendment shall have filed a receipt from the Zoning Inspector showing the payment into the City Treasury of the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the cost of advertisement of the proposed change.

(a)   List of Property Owners. Any person or persons desiring a change in the zoning classification of property shall file a list with the Zoning Inspector giving the name and addresses of the owners of all properties lying within two hundred feet of any part of the exterior boundaries of the premises the zoning classification of which is proposed to be changed.

(b)   Documents Submitted With Petition. Any person and persons submitting a petition for a change in the zoning classification of property shall file:

(1)   A preliminary layout showing lot plan in the case of residential property; or

(2)   A general plan showing to what use the property shall be put with respect to commercial or industrial zoning, together with a conceptual layout.

(c)   Technical Review Committee Referral and Recommendation. Upon the referral of an ordinance to the Planning Commission by the Clerk of Council under Section 1139.01, the Clerk of Council shall also refer such ordinance to the Technical Review Committee as that body is defined in Section 1135.02(c). The Technical Review Committee shall make written recommendations with regard to such ordinance to the Planning Commission prior to the Planning Commission recommendations to Council. (Ord. 94-84. Passed 7-9-84.)