(A) When public hearing dates are set by the Louisville Metro Planning Commission or a committee thereof, certain requirements must be followed in addition to procedures already in place.
(B) If the hearing has been scheduled at the Planning Commission regular place of business, and, if, no later than 15 days before the scheduled hearing date the Commission or committee thereof receives a petition from 300 or more property owners living within the affected Metro Council district and/or adjacent Council districts requesting that the hearing be rescheduled for a time 6:00 p.m. or later at a convenient location, the Planning Commission or committee thereof shall reschedule the hearing to a location in the vicinity of the property that is the subject of the hearing. The location shall be identified by the Planning Commission or committee thereof with input from the affected Metro Council District Office and petitioners, and the government center nearest the property that is the subject of the hearing shall be considered an appropriate location in all cases. The Planning Commission or committee thereof shall ensure that any location selected for the hearing can support a hearing, including the creation of a legally sufficient record of the proceedings. If a location suggested by the Council District Office or petitioners is rejected as inappropriate, the Planning Commission or committee thereof shall document in writing the reasons why the location is not suitable for the hearing. In the event the nearest Louisville Metro Government Center is the Planning Commission's or committee's regular place of business, the Commission or committee thereof shall not be required to hold the rescheduled meeting at an alternative location, but may schedule the meeting for 6:00 p.m. or later at its regular place of business.
(C) Should the Planning Commission or committee thereof find the aforesaid necessary petition to be defective in any manner or if the Planning Commission or committee is unable to reserve the nearest Louisville Metro Government Center or another suitable location for the hearing within two calendar weeks after the originally scheduled hearing date, then the Planning Commission or committee may hold the hearing at its regular place of business but at 6:00 p.m. or later.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 153.03) (Jeff. Ord. 16-1988, adopted and effective 8-2-1988; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 100-2007, approved 6-4-2007; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 94-2010, approved 5-17-2010)