(A) The City Council, the Plan Commission and other governmental bodies, and any private petitioner may apply for an amendment in the text of the zoning code and in the zoning map. Any petition for an amendment by a private party shall be accompanied by a filing fee as established by the Council, which fee shall be deposited with the City Clerk within 15 days after the receipt thereof and no part shall be returnable to the petitioner.
(B) All petitioners for amendments to the zoning code, special uses or variances and all petitioners for the annexation of territory to the city shall at the time said matter is set for hearing before the Plan Commission of the city, furnish to the City Attorney a plat on legal sized paper of the area described in the petition with all boundaries and dimensions clearly marked on paper from which a reproduction can be made.
(C) In the event there are any changes made at the request of the petitioner, by the findings of the Plan Commission, or the action of the Council, the petitioner shall furnish a plat as described herein conforming to the said changes to the City Attorney.
(D) The plat herein described shall be attached to the ordinance or resolution passed by the Council in taking final action upon the petition and no resolution or ordinance rezoning property, granting a special use or a variance or annexing territory to the city shall be in effect until such plat is furnished and attached to the said resolution or ordinance.
('71 Code, § 11-21-1) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 1562, passed 3-10-69)