A. The following steps shall be taken to consider a request to apply a residential preservation zone to a defined residential neighborhood in the city:
1. Upon receiving a letter from one or more property owners in a neighborhood requesting an interest in having the neighborhood reclassified to a residential preservation zone, the Director of Development Services shall organize one or more informational meetings.
2. The informational meetings shall be structured to explain the preservation zone rules and the public hearing process for its implementation. The Community Development Department may jointly sponsor these meetings with a local preservation group, which may assist in explaining the intent of the residential preservation zone to the neighborhood.
3. After one or more informational meetings are held, a formal petition may be circulated by interested property owners of that neighborhood to solicit support for a particular residential preservation zone.
4. If at least 51 percent of the property owners of the defined neighborhood sign the petition, the Development Services Department shall initiate a zone amendment to consider the request to reclassify the defined neighborhood to the particular residential preservation zone.
B. The consideration of the zone amendment to apply a residential preservation zone to a defined neighborhood shall be subject to Chapter 15.72 of this title.
(Ord. 3267 §12, 2018; Ord. 2982, 2001)