A. The village board may from time to time on its own motion, or on petition, or on recommendation of the plan commission amend, supplement, or repeal the regulations and provisions of this title.
B. Every such proposed amendment or change whether initiated by the village board or by petition shall be referred to the board of appeals for report thereon resulting from public hearing as provided in subsection C of this section.
C. The board of appeals, by resolution adopted at a stated meeting, shall fix the time and place of public hearing on the proposed amendments and cause notice to be given not more than thirty (30) days nor less than fifteen (15) days before the hearing by publishing a notice thereof at least once in one or more newspapers published in the municipality, or, if no newspapers are published therein, then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the municipality.
D. In case of a written protest against any proposed amendment of the regulations or districts, signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the frontage proposed to be altered, or by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the frontage immediately adjoining or across an alley therefrom, or by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered, is filed with the zoning officer, the amendment shall not be passed except by a favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the trustees of the village. In such cases, a copy of the written protest shall be served by the protester or protesters on the applicant for the proposed amendment and a copy upon the applicant's attorney, if any, by certified mail at the address of such applicant and attorney shown in the application for the proposed amendment.
E. Whenever the owners of fifty percent (50%) or more of the street frontage in any district or any specified part thereof, present to the village board a petition duly signed and acknowledged, requesting an amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal of the regulations prescribed for the zoning maps including the district or specified part thereof, it shall by the duty of the village board to hold a public hearing thereon and cause notice thereof to be given in the manner prescribed in subsection C of this section. (Ord. 609, 4-9-2001)