SECTION 12. PUBLIC NOTICE AND HEARING ON CERTAIN ORDINANCES.

   Before any ordinance or resolution may be enacted by the Council amending or repealing any: (a) platting ordinance, (b) the zoning map of the Municipality, (c) zoning or use classification or district, (d) restrictions on height of buildings and other structures, (e) the size of parcels in any zoning or use classification, or (f) the percentage of lot occupancy of buildings and other structures; the Council shall (i) refer such ordinance or resolution to the Planning and Zoning Commission for report and recommendation as required by Section 11 of this Article III; (ii) read the same in full or by title at two successive Council meetings, (iii) thereafter hold a public hearing thereon (which public hearing shall be held at least thirty days after the second reading and prior to the third reading thereof), and (iv) shall give thirty days notice of the time and place of such public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality. No such ordinance or resolution shall be enacted or adopted unless passed or approved after the third reading thereof by not less than a majority of the members of Council, and, if such ordinance or resolution has been disapproved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, by not less than two-thirds of the members of Council. Thereafter, any such ordinance which has been approved by the Council shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the Municipality, and shall become effective only upon approval thereof by such electors in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of this Article III. However, the approval of a “Use” variance pursuant to Article V, Section 12(A) will not require approval of the Electors.

(Amended 11-3-15.)