The Ordinance recommendation shall be introduced for first reading at City Council at the next regular meeting of City Council after certification of the report by the Planning Commission. After passage on first reading, Council shall set a time for a Legislative Hearing on such proposed amendment, which date shall not be more than sixty (60) days from the date of the receipt of such recommendation from the Planning Commission.
(a) Public Notice Requirements. Notice of the Legislative Hearing shall be provided by the City Clerk. The notice shall set forth the time and the place of the Legislative Hearing, the nature of the proposed amendment, and the location where the text of the proposed Ordinance, together with the maps or plans and report of the Planning Commission, will be available for public examination.
(1) The notice shall be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation at least thirty (30) days before the date of the Legislative Hearing.
(2) If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict fewer than eleven (11) parcels of land as listed on the tax duplicates, the City Clerk shall mail notice of the public hearing by first class mail at least twenty (20) days before the date of the public hearing to all owners of property within and contiguous to and directly across the street from such area affected by the proposed amendment. Such notice is to be mailed to the address of such owners appearing on the County Auditor’s current tax list.
(3) The City Clerk shall place a copy of the text of the proposed Ordinance, together with the maps or plans, and report of the Planning Commission on file for public examination in the office of the City Clerk at least thirty (30) days before the Legislative Hearing.
(b) Conduct of a Legislative Hearing. Legislative Hearings are held before action is taken to amend the text of the UDO and/or the Official Zoning Districts Map.
(1) Such hearings shall be public for the purpose of obtaining comments and input from the general public and affected property owners and do not have the same quasi-judicial degree of formality as an Administrative Hearing, although the conduct of a Legislative Hearing should generally follow the procedures outlined in Section 1137.05. Examples of quasi-judicial procedures that may be omitted or relaxed in a Legislative Hearing include: oath of witnesses, rules prohibiting hearsay evidence, the right to cross-examination, and the acknowledgement of ex parte communications.
(2) At the Legislative Hearing, or at any time and place to which such hearing shall from time to time be adjourned, the proposed amendment ordinance shall be read by title only, unless the Council by majority vote requires that it be read in full, and after such reading all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.