This chapter may be amended whenever the public necessity and the general welfare require such amendment by the following procedure.
(A) An amendment may be initiated by the City Council or the Planning Commission, or by the verified petition of not less than 50% of the property owners affected by the proposed amendment and 50% of those property owners within 200 feet of the proposed change.
(B) Before any amendment is adopted, the Planning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon after a notice of the hearing has been published in the official newspaper at least ten days before the hearing.
(C) Following the hearing, the Planning Commission shall make a report of its findings and recommendations on the proposed amendment, and shall file a copy with the City Administrator-Treasurer within 60 days of the date that the proposed amendments were referred to the Planning Commission. Failure of the Planning Commission to so report shall be deemed to be approval by the Commission of the proposed amendment.
(D) Upon the filing of such report or upon the expiration of such then days as aforesaid, the City Council shall hold such public hearings upon the amendment as it deems advisable. After the inclusion of the hearing, if any, the Council may adopt the amendment or any part thereof in such form as it deems advisable. The amendment shall be effective only if two-thirds of all the members of the Council concur in its passage.
(2009 Code, § 905.11)