(A) Planning Commission.
(1) The Zoning Administrator shall refer the initial proposed zoning text amendment to the Planning Commission for a recommendation.
(2) The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing prior to making its recommendation. A failure to make a recommendation within 62 days of the first public hearing shall be deemed as providing no recommendation on the request.
(B) County Council. The County Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed zoning text amendment.
(C) Any person shall have the right to submit oral and/or written testimony at the public hearing.
(D) The county governing body may revise, amend, supplant or modify any provision of the proposed zoning text amendment in whole or in part. No additional referral to the Planning Commission is required.
(E) Public notice.
(1) Newspaper.
(a) The Zoning Administrator shall cause notices of the public hearings of the Planning Commission and the County Council to be published.
(b) Public notice of the time and place of the Frederick County Planning Commission hearing, together with a summary of the proposed zoning text amendment, shall be published in at least 1 newspaper of general circulation in Frederick County at least 14 days prior to the hearing.
(c) Public hearing notice of the time and place of the County Council hearing shall be in accordance with the procedures stated in the county charter.
(Ord. 98-23-225, 11-10-1999; Ord. 99-01-228, 2-16-1999; Ord. 08-26-502, 10-14-2008; Ord. 09-27-531, 11-3-2009; Ord. 14-23-678, 11-13-2014)