When an application for change of district boundaries has been submitted by a property owner and subsequently denied by the council, no new application by a property owner for the same change, or for substantially the same change, either with respect to properties included within the proposed change or with respect to proposed district classifications, or both, shall be filed or accepted by the director within one year of the date of closing of the hearing before the commission, except upon a showing to the satisfaction of the director of a substantial change of circumstances. This provision shall not be construed to prevent the initiation of proceedings by either the planning commission or city council in accord with Section 18.80.040 at any time.
(Ord. 3048 (part), 1978)