(A) Authority. The regulations imposed and the districts created under the authority of this chapter may be amended, from time to time, by ordinance in accordance with applicable Illinois Statutes. An amendment shall be granted or denied by the Village Council only after a public hearing before the Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board and a report of its findings and recommendations has thereafter been submitted to the Village Council.
(B) Initiation of amendments. Amendments may be proposed by the Village Council and by any person, firm or corporation having a freehold interest, a possessory interest entitled to exclusive possession, a contractual interest which may become a freehold interest, an option to purchase, or any exclusive possessory interest which is specifically enforceable on the land which is described in the application for an amendment.
(C) Processing.
(1) An application for an amendment shall be filed with the Village Clerk and thereafter entered into the records of the first meeting thereafter of the Village Council.
(2) A copy of the application shall thereafter be forwarded by the Village Clerk to the Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board with a request to hold a public hearing and submit to the Village Council a report of its findings and recommendations. The public hearing shall be held upon the notice that shall be required by Illinois Statutes.
(3) The Village Clerk shall also transmit a copy of the application to the Planning and Zoning Board. The Planning and Zoning Board shall submit an opinion report relative to such proposed amendment to the Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board and Village Council.
(D) Decisions.
(1) The Village Council, upon report of the Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board and without further public hearing, may grant or deny any proposed amendment in accordance with applicable Illinois Statutes, or may refer it back to the Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board for further consideration.
(2) In case a written protest against any proposed amendment signed and acknowledged by owners of 20% of the frontage proposed to be altered, or by the owners of 20% of the frontage immediately adjoining or across the alley therefrom, or by owners of 20% of the frontage directly opposite the frontage to be altered, is filed with the Village Clerk, the amendment cannot be passed except on the favorable vote of two-thirds of all members of the Village Council.
(Ord. passed 1-12-1976, § XIII-I; Ord. G-136, passed 4-24-1995)