No amendment to the zoning ordinance or the official zoning map that down-zones property shall be permitted without the written consent of all property owners whose property is the subject of the down-zoning amendment, unless the down-zoning amendment is initiated by the county. For purposes of this section, DOWN-ZONING means a zoning ordinance that affects an area of land in one of the following ways:
(A) By decreasing the development density of the land to be less dense than was allowed under its previous usage.
(B) By reducing the permitted uses of the land that are specified in a zoning ordinance or land development regulation to fewer uses than were allowed under its previous usage.
(Ord. passed 6-21-2021)