(a) Upon its own action or upon receipt of an application from an owner or lessee of land or upon a resolution by the Planning Commission, Council shall transmit an ordinance regarding a proposed change or amendment of this Zoning Code or the District Map to the Commission for study and report. The Commission shall have not less than 30 days in which to consider and report upon such proposed ordinance, but if no report is received from the Commission in 60 days, it may be assumed that the Commission has approved the amendment. Such report of the Commission shall be transmitted to Council, at which time Council shall set a date for a public hearing upon the proposed change or amendment.
(b) In setting the date of such a public hearing, Council shall give at least 30 days notice thereof. Notice setting forth the time and place of such public hearing and the nature of the proposed change or amendment shall be given by Council in a newspaper of general circulation in the village.
(c) If the ordinance, measure or regulation intends to rezone or redistrict ten or fewer parcels of land, as listed on the tax duplicate, written notice of the hearing shall be mailed by the Clerk-Treasurer, by first class mail, at least 20 days before the date of the public hearing, to the owners of property within and contiguous to and directly across the street from such parcel or parcels, to the addresses of such owners appearing on the County Auditor's current tax list or the Clerk-Treasurer's mailing list and to such other list of persons that may be specified by Council, and such list of names and addresses shall be supplied by the applicant to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time of filing.
(d) During such 30 days, the text or a copy of the text of such ordinance, measure or regulation, together with the maps or plans or copies thereof forming a part of or referred to in such ordinance, measure or regulation, and the maps, plans and reports submitted by the Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals or other offices, shall be on file, for public examination, in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer or in such other office as is designated by Council.
(e) Before any action is taken, as provided in this section, the party or parties proposing or recommending a change in the district regulations or district boundaries shall make payment of such fees as Council may determine from time to time. Under no condition shall such sum or any part thereof be refunded for failure of such change to be adopted by Council.
(`80 Code, § 1240.04) (Ord. 1301, passed 7-6-76)