These regulations may be amended in accordance with the procedures defined below.
(A) Application for amendment. The City Council or city staff or any private petitioner may apply for an amendment to the text of this chapter.
(B) Fee required. Any petition for an amendment by a private petitioner shall be accompanied by a filing fee as established by the City Council which fee shall be deposited with the City Clerk, and no part of the fee shall be refundable.
(C) Public hearing. A public hearing must be held before the City Council. Public notice shall be provided in a local newspaper of general circulation not greater than 30 days, nor less than 15 days, before the public hearing. At the public hearing, all testimony shall be based in fact and shall be by sworn oath. The Council maintains the right to limit testimony to those facts relevant to the proposed amendment.
(D) Final decision. The City Council, after the conclusion of the public hearing(s), may adopt or deny the proposed amendment. No application, however, which has been denied by the City Council shall be resubmitted for a period of one year from the date of said denial, except on grounds of new evidence or proof of changed conditions found to be valid by the Zoning Administrator.
(Ord. O-93-01, passed 1-25-93)