(A) Petition amendments.
(1) Application for amendment. The City Council and any private petitioner may apply for an amendment in the text of this subchapter.
(2) Fee required. Any petition for an amendment by a private party shall be accompanied by a filing fee as established by the City Council which fee shall be deposited with the City Clerk with the petition and no part shall be returnable to the petitioner.
(B) Criteria for Historic Preservation Commission decision.
(1) In consideration of all proposed amendments to the text of this subchapter, the HPC shall, before recommending that the City Council approve any amendment, first determine that the proposed amendment is in harmony with the intent and purpose of this subchapter as set forth in any applicable section hereof.
(2) The regulations imposed under this subchapter may be amended by ordinance, but no such amendment shall be made by the City Council without public notice and without a public hearing and the HPC shall foreword its recommendations to the City Council within 30 days of the hearing unless the petition is withdrawn by the petitioner.
(C) Notice of public hearing. The HPC shall cause notice of public hearing of the petitioner's application to be given in the following manner:
(1) By publishing notice of the time and place of such hearing in a paper of general circulation in the city not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing;
(2) By causing the notice to contain a brief statement describing the proposed amendment; and
(3) By notifying such property owners, groups or organizations as it deems desirable of the proposal.
(D) Final decision. The City Council, without further public hearings, may adopt or deny the report of the HPC for any proposed amendment or may refer the petition back to the HPC for further consideration. No application, however, which has been denied wholly or in part by the City Council shall be resubmitted for a period of one year from the date of the denial, except on the grounds of new evidence or proof of changed conditions found to be valid by the HPC.
(Ord. O-97-01, passed 1-27-97; Am. Ord. O.23.07, passed 4-24-23)