(a) If a protest against such amendment be presented duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the land within such area proposed to be altered, such amendment shall not be passed except by a three-fourths vote of the members elected to Council.
(b) If such an amendment will transfer an area to a less restricted use district and a protest is presented, duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the land adjacent to and within two hundred (200) feet from such area proposed to be transferred and within a more restricted use district than the district in which such area is proposed to be transferred, such amendment shall not be passed except by a three-fourths vote of the members elected to Council. (Ord. 2017-49. Passed 12-5-17.)