Council may, from time to time, on its own motion or petition, after public notice and hearing, amend the regulations and districts herein established. Every such proposed amendment shall be referred by Council to the Planning and Zoning Commission for a report of its recommendations. Any such amendment that has failed to receive the approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall not be passed by Council except by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of Council. If a protest against such amendment is presented duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the land within the area subject to the proposed amendment, such amendment shall not be passed except by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of Council. If such amendment will transfer an area to a less restricted use, height or area district and a protest is presented duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the land adjacent to and within 200 feet of the area proposed to be transferred and within a more restricted use, height or area district than the district in which such area is proposed to be transferred, such amendment shall not be passed except by the affirmative vote of three-fourths (3/4) of Council. Whenever the owners of fifty percent (50%) of the land in any area shall present a petition to Council, duly signed and acknowledged, requesting an amendment to the regulations prescribed for such area, Council shall vote upon such amendment within ninety (90) days after the filing of same by the petitioners with the Village Clerk. If any area is hereafter transferred to any other district by a change in the district boundaries by amendment, as provided in this section, the provisions of this Zoning Code with regard to buildings or premises existing at the time of the passage of this Zoning Code shall apply to buildings or premises existing in such transferred areas at the time of the passage of such amendments. (Ord. 2023-6. Passed 6-15-23.)