(a) Within thirty days after the public hearing provided in Section 1242.06, the Planning Board shall recommend to Council that the amendment be granted as requested, or it may recommend that the amendment not be granted. The Board shall transmit its recommendation to Council.
(b) The applicant for the zoning amendment shall demonstrate clearly that the request for a change of zoning is based upon and meets at least one of the following conditions:
(1) A manifest error in the original Official Zoning Map and/or delineations on such Map;
(2) Accordance with, or more appropriate conformance to, the Comprehensive Plan and its relative priorities;
(3) A substantial change in area conditions; or
(4) A legitimate requirement for additional land area for the particular zoning district.
(c) In the case of a change on the Official Zoning Map, the Board shall not consider favorably any petition which would result in a total contiguous area, separated only by highways and roads and excluding the area of such highways and roads, of less than the acreage minimums specified as the minimum size requirement for individual zoning districts in this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82.)