(A) A petition for a zoning amendment may be initiated by the Town Commissioners, the Planning Board, the owner of any property within the zoning jurisdiction of the town, any resident within the zoning jurisdiction of the town or any person with a legal interest in real property within the zoning jurisdiction of the town.
(B) No amendment to zoning regulations or the zoning map that down-zones property shall be initiated nor is it enforceable without the written consent of all property owners whose property is the subject of the down-zoning amendment, unless the down-zoning amendment is initiated by the town. For purposes of this section, "down-zoning" means a zoning ordinance that affects an area of land in one of the following ways:
(1) By decreasing the development density of the land to be less dense than was allowed under its previous usage.
(2) By reducing the permitted uses of the land that are specified in a zoning ordinance or land development regulation to fewer uses than were allowed under its previous usage.
(Ord. passed 2-10-2009, § 13.1; Ord. passed 7-6-2022, § 2.20)