A. This title, including the zoning map, may be amended from time to time by the city council at a public meeting; provided that no amendment may be made unless the amendment was proposed by the planning commission or first submitted to the planning commission for its recommendation.
B. Prior to proposing or recommending any change to this title or the zoning map, the planning commission shall hold a public hearing at a public meeting. Notice of the date, place and time of the first public hearing shall be:
1. Mailed to each affected entity at least ten (10) calendar days before the public hearing; and
2. Posted:
a. In at least three (3) public locations within the city; or
b. On the city's official website; and
3. Published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least ten (10) calendar days before the public hearing; and
4. For any amendment to the zoning map, mailed at least seven (7) days before the public hearing to:
a. The record owner of each parcel to be rezoned; and
b. The record owner of each parcel located within three hundred feet (300') of the property to be rezoned regardless of whether such property is located within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city.
C. Prior to city council adoption of an amendment to the zoning map, notice of the date, time and place of the first public meeting where the city council shall consider such amendment shall be mailed at least seven (7) days before such public meeting to:
1. The record owner of each parcel to be rezoned; and
2. The record owner of each parcel located within three hundred feet (300') of the property to be rezoned regardless of whether such property is located within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city.
D. The above noticing policies are not intended to restrict the city council or the planning commission from providing additional noticing based on the particulars of the matter before them.
E. The city council shall consider each proposed amendment to this title or the zoning map recommended to it by the planning commission, and may adopt or reject the ordinance or map either as proposed by the planning commission or after making any revision the city council considers appropriate.
(Ord. 90-52, 10-25-1990; amd. 1999 Code; Ord. 2005-67, 12-6-2005)