(A) Hearing required. The Council shall hold a public hearing on all proposed amendments, supplements, modifications or repeals of this chapter or changes in district boundaries at which time interested parties and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard.
(B) Notice of hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city with the first publication to be at least 15 days prior to the hearing date.
(C) Protest; required vote. An amendment or reclassification affecting property may not become effective, except upon a favorable vote of two-thirds of the present and voting members of the City Council if a protest against such amendment or reclassification is signed by the owners of 25% or more of either:
(1) The area of the lots included in the proposed change; or
(2) Those lots 150 feet from a lot included in a proposed amendment or reclassification.
(Prior Code, § 10-8-3)