(A) (1) The City Commission may, from time to time, change the district boundaries or the regulations herein provided, however, that before any amendment shall become effective, 1 public hearing shall be held thereon by the Planning Commission with notice as provided in § 160.305 of this Zoning Ordinance. The City Commission shall require a report from the Planning Commission on any proposed amendment before taking final action thereon. The Planning Commission shall submit its final report, which shall include a summary of comments submitted at the public hearing. The City Commission may hold additional public hearings if it considers it necessary.
(Am. Ord. 07-04, passed 7-19-2007)
(2) The City Commission shall grant a public hearing on a proposed amendment to an interested property owner who requests a hearing by certified mail, addressed to the City Clerk. A public hearing under this subsection is not subject to the requirements as provided in § 160.305, except that notice of the hearing shall be given to the interested property owner as specified in the Zoning Enabling Act, Public Act 110 of 2006.
(B) If the owner of 20 or more percent of the frontage in the area proposed to be altered or the owners of 20 or more percent of the frontage of property abutting the area proposed to be altered, or either of such groups shall file a written protest at or before the time of the hearing in this section provided, then and in such event such amendment shall not be passed except by a 3/4 vote of the entire membership of the City Commission then holding office and qualified to vote.
(C) (1) If a parcel of land is owned by the entireties, by joint tenants, by tenants in common or by legal and equitable owners, then one of such owners may sign the protest for the parcel so owned.
(2) The term
ABUTTING PROPERTY as used in this section shall mean the property immediately adjoining the area proposed to be changed either in the rear or at the side thereof and also the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be changed.
(3) The term
FRONTAGE, as used herein, shall mean frontage on the street; provided, however, that a corner lot shall not be considered to have frontage on both streets, but only on the street where the lot has a smaller number of feet frontage. In determining abutting property, there shall be included all the property in a common ownership used as a single unit.
(Prior Code, App., § 1510) (Am. Ord. 2019-002, passed 2-21-2019)