A. Board of Trustees may Amend: This Zoning Title may be amended from time to time by the Board of Trustees, however, no amendment changing the regulations imposed or the districts created or the zoning classifications of properties shall be made without a public hearing.
B. Hearing Procedures:
1. The Zoning Board of Appeals is hereby designated to hold and conduct all public hearings on amendments to this Zoning Title changing the regulations it imposes or the districts it creates. Such proposed amendments may be initiated by the Board of Trustees, by the Zoning Board of Appeals or by the Plan Commission. Any one or more owners of real estate in the Village may also initiate an amendment by a written petition which is signed by such owner or owners, and which specifies the amendment so petitioned for.
2. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall, in the case of such proposed amendment, hold a public hearing thereon at such time and place in the Village as it shall determine. Notice of such public hearing, indicating the amendments proposed to be made in regulations or in the district boundary lines and the time and place of such hearings, shall be published at least fifteen days and not more than thirty days in advance of such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village. All interested persons shall be given an opportunity to present evidence and be heard at such hearing on the subject of the proposed amendment. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. Within a reasonable time after the final adjournment of such public hearing, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall report thereon in writing to the Board of Trustees, giving its findings of fact and its conclusions and recommendations with respect to the proposed amendment.
C. Two-Thirds Vote Required If Protest Filed: If a written protest against any such proposed amendment, which is signed by the owners of twenty percent of the frontage proposed to be altered, or by the owners of twenty percent of the frontage immediately adjoining or across an alley therefrom, or by the owners of twenty percent of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered, is filed with the zoning administrator before the adoption of such amendment, the proposed amendment shall not be passed except by a favorable vote of two- thirds of trustees then holding office.
D. Amendments To Planned Developments: Any modifications to an approved planned development permit or any addition to or expansion of an existing planned development permit shall require review and approval by the development review board under the provisions of section 10-19-8 of this zoning title. (Ord. 2640, 5-23-1995)