(a) Proposals to amend any provision of this Zoning Code may be initiated by the filing of an application with the Clerk of Council by at least one owner or lessee of property within the area proposed to be changed or affected by such proposal.
(b) The Clerk of Council shall deliver such application to the Councilmember in whose ward the rezoning is to occur for his endorsement. In the event such Councilmember withholds endorsement, the Clerk of Council shall circulate the application to the remaining Councilmembers in an effort to secure an endorsement of the application. In the event that no Councilmember endorses the proposal, it shall be submitted to the Planning Committee of City Council for endorsement or rejection.
(c) Upon endorsement of an application, the endorsing Councilmember or the Planning Committee shall sponsor the proposal by way of an ordinance.
(d) Failure to obtain an endorsement shall result in the Clerk of Council mailing, by regular U.S. Mail, a notice of denial to the applicant.
(e) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit, in any way, City Council's authority to enact, amend, change or repeal any provision of this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 153-91. Passed 12-2-91.)