(A) Authority. Whenever the public necessity, convenience, general welfare or good zoning practice require, the village may, by ordinance, change the district boundaries or amend, change or supplement the regulations established by this chapter or amendments thereto. Such change or amendment shall be subject to the review and recommendation of the Plan Commission.
(B) Initiation. A change or amendment may be initiated by the Village Board, the Plan Commission or by a petition of one or more of the owners of property within the area proposed to be changed.
(C) Petitions. Petitions for any change to the district boundaries or amendments to the regulations shall be filed with the Village Clerk and shall describe the premises to be rezoned or the regulations to be amended, list the reasons justifying the petition, specify the proposed use and have attached the following:
(1) A plot plan showing the area proposed to be rezoned, its location, its dimensions, the location and classification of adjacent zoning districts and the location and existing use of all properties within 200 feet of the area proposed to be rezoned.
(2) The owner's names and addresses of all properties lying within 200 feet of the area proposed to be rezoned.
(3) Additional information required by the Plan Commission.
(D) Recommendations. The Plan Commission shall hold a public hearing with a Class II Notice as provided in Wis. Stats. § 62.23(7)(d) and review all proposed changes and amendments within the corporate limits and shall recommend that the petition be granted as requested, modified or denied. The recommendation shall be made at a meeting subsequent to the meeting at which the petition is first submitted and shall be made in writing to the Village Board.
(E) Village Board action. After careful consideration of the Plan Commission recommendations, the Village Board shall vote on the passage of the proposed change or amendment. If the Village Board denies the proposed change or amendment, a similar petition for such change or amendment may not be submitted for a period of one year.
(F) Protest. In the event of a protest against such district change or amendment to the regulations of this chapter, duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of 20% or more of the land included in such proposed change, or by the owners of 20% or more of the land immediately adjacent extending 100 feet thereto extending 100 feet from the street frontage of such opposite land, such changes or amendments shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of three-fourths of the members of the Village Board voting on the proposed change.
(Ord. 03-2016, passed 7-14-2016)