(A) Authority. The regulations imposed and the districts created under the authority of this chapter may be amended from time to time, by ordinance in accordance with applicable statutes of the State of Illinois. An amendment shall be granted or denied by the Village Board of Trustees only after public hearing before the Plan Commission and a report of its findings and recommendations has been submitted to the Village Board of Trustees.
(B) Initiation of amendment. Amendments may be proposed by the Village Board, by the Plan Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals, other governmental bodies, or by any resident of or by any owner of property within the jurisdictional limits of this chapter.
(C) Processing. An application for an amendment shall be filed with the Village Board and thereafter introduced into the Village Board of Trustees. Such application shall be forwarded from the Village Board to the Plan Commission, with a request to hold a public hearing. Notice shall be given of the time and place of the hearing, not more than 30 nor less than 15 days before the hearing, by publishing a notice thereof at least once in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the village.
(Ord. 77-08, passed 6-28-77)