(a) An application for amendment shall be transmitted by the applicant to the Zoning Inspector and shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:
(1) Name, address, and phone number of the applicant.
(2) Proposed amendment to the text or legal description of the property affected.
(3) Present use and district and proposed use and district.
(4) A map drawn to scale showing property lines, streets, existing and proposed zoning, and such other items as the Zoning Inspector may require.
(5) A list of property owners within 200 feet, contiguous to, and directly across the street from the parcel(s) proposed to be rezoned and their address as appearing on the Geauga County Auditor’s current tax duplicate. The requirements for addresses may be waived when more than ten (10) parcels are proposed to be rezoned.
(6) A statement on how the proposed amendment relates to the Village Comprehensive Plan, as amended, and to the neighboring properties.
(7) For any rezoning request involving more than one acre of land, a Development Plan, fulfilling the requirements of Section 1137.03(b).
(8) A fee as established by the Village Council.
(b) In addition to the requirements of Section 1137.03(a), any application which requests the rezoning of land to a commercial or an industrial use shall include a Development Plan for the proposed rezoned area. The Development Plan shall set forth the proposed development for the area to be rezoned. The Development Plan shall be subject to the following requirements:
(1) The Development Plan shall show proposed lots, roads, utilities, structure(s), ingress and egress, traffic flow and parking.
(2) The Development Plan shall obligate the developer to guarantee the construction of all improvements necessary to make the proposed rezoning feasible and without which the proposed rezoning may not be appropriate.
(3) If rezoning occurs, the site plan subsequently submitted pursuant to Chapter 1140 for the area rezoned shall be consistent with the Development Plan unless the Planning Commission, in its discretion, determines that changed circumstances justify modifications of the Development Plan.
(Ord. 01-128. Passed 9-20-01.)