(A) The regulations imposed and the districts created by this chapter may be amended from time to time by ordinance, but no such amendments shall be made without a hearing before the Planning Commission.
(B) Any application for re-zoning inside the corporate limits will be considered by the Planning Commission if, and only if, the physical area to be re-zoned, or the area resulting from re-zoning is at least 40,000 coterminous square feet, as defined herein.
(C) The Commission may, of its own motion, or upon petition signed by 50% or more of the property owners of the area in question, or upon instruction from City Council, cause to be prepared a notice indicating the changes proposed to be made in the regulations or in the district boundary lines, describing the boundaries or the territory to be affected. Such notice shall state the time and place of the public hearing for consideration of such proposed amendments, supplement or change, and the place where maps of the proposed amendment, supplement or change will be accessible for examination by interested parties.
(D) Notice of such public hearing shall be published no more than 30 days nor less than 15 days in advance thereof in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the city. After such public hearing, the Commission shall submit a copy of the decision together with the pertinent considerations in the proposed amendment to the City Council for its decision.
(E) The Commission shall report to the City Council on the proposed amendment, supplement, or change and may cause an ordinance authorizing such amendment, supplement, or change to be introduced in the City Council. Such hearing may be adjourned from time to time. Whenever a written protest against such proposed amendment, supplement, or change, signed and acknowledged by the owners of the following property:
(1) Owners of 20% of the frontage property proposed to be altered;
(2) Owners of 20% of the property immediately adjoining or across an alley; or,
(3) Owners of 20% of the property located within a distance of 150 feet from any boundary line of the property sought to be altered; shall have been filed with the City Clerk within 30 days after said public hearing, the chapter providing for such proposed amendment, supplement, or change shall not be passed except by the favorable vote of three-fourths of the members of the City Council.
(F) At the time application is made to zone or rezone, alter or vary the use of property under the provisions of this chapter, the applicant therefore shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of $100.
(Ord. 96-4835, passed 4-16-1996; Am. Ord. 2010-5307, passed 8-17-2010)