(A) The city council shall not act upon a proposed amendment to this chapter until it shall have received a written report and recommendation from the planning and zoning commission on the proposed amendment.
(B) In cases where the planning and zoning commission recommends that a proposed amendment not be adopted, or in case of written protest against any proposed amendment, signed and acknowledged by the owners of 20% of the frontage proposed to be altered, by the owners of 20% of the frontage immediately adjoining or across an alley therefrom, or by the owners of 20% of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered, filed with the city clerk, the amendment shall not be passed, except by the favorable vote of two-thirds of all aldermen of the city.
(C) If an application for a proposed amendment is not acted upon finally by the city council within one year of the date upon which the application is filed with the city clerk, it shall be deemed to have been denied.
('69 Code, App. A, § 10.7-7) (amend. Ord. O-38-15, passed 10- 6-15)