A. Purpose: The purpose of this section is to allow for additions or revisions to the provisions of this title and changes in zoning district boundaries.
B. Procedures:
1. Initiation: An amendment to this title may be initiated by the council, commission or by petition of an affected landowner.
2. Application: Applications provided by the city shall be completed in writing prior to any consideration of an amendment of this title. Zoning amendment fees are established by resolution of the council. Applications shall not be formally accepted until all supportive or supplementary information has been furnished by the applicant. Applications for an amendment to the text of this title shall be submitted by an affected property owner on forms provided by the city and shall include the proposed text for the ordinance amendment in proper ordinance form. Applications to amend the text of this title must be received by the council, which will then forward the petition to the commission for public hearing and recommendation.
3. Commission Recommendation: An amendment not initiated by the commission shall be referred to the commission for study and report and may not be acted upon by the council until it has received the recommendation of the commission on the proposed amendment or until sixty (60) days have elapsed from the date of reference of the amendment without a report by the commission.
4. Public Hearing: No amendment to this title shall be considered until a public hearing has been held by the commission. A notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be published in the city's official newspaper, at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing. Amendments affecting changes in zoning districts shall require mailed notice to each property owner within three hundred fifty feet (350') of the affected property owner. However, zoning changes in the agriculture, agriculture preserves and rural residential districts shall require mailed notice to each property owner within one-fourth (1/4) mile of the affected property. The city shall use its available records to determine the names and addresses of property owners. Failure to give notice to individual property owners or defects in the notice shall not invalidate the proceedings, provided a bona fide attempt was made to comply with these provisions. (Ord. B, 9-19-1989)
5. Council Action: Amendments to this title require a majority vote of all its members. The adoption or amendment of any portion of a zoning ordinance which changes all or part of the existing classification of a zoning district from residential to either commercial or industrial requires a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of all members of the council. (Ord. B-206, 6-15-2010)
6. Reapplication: No application for the same or substantially the same amendment shall be made within six (6) months of the date of denial.
7. Generally: Notice requirement and procedures set forth in this section in excess of those required by state law are directory. Failure to comply with such procedures will not invalidate the proceedings. (Ord. B, 9-19-1989)