This title may be amended whenever the public necessity and convenience and the general welfare require such amendment by following the procedure:
A. Initiation Of Amendment: An amendment may be initiated by the city council, or by the verified petition of not less than fifty percent (50%) of the property owners affected by the proposed amendment and fifty percent (50%) of those property owners within three hundred feet (300') of the proposed change.
B. Public Hearing; Notice Requirements: Before any amendment is adopted, the council shall hold at least one public hearing thereon after a notice of the hearing has been published in the official newspaper at least ten (10) days before the hearing. When an amendment involves changes in district boundaries affecting an area of five (5) acres or less, similar notice shall be mailed at least ten (10) days before the day of the hearing to each owner of affected property situated wholly or partly within two hundred feet (200') of the property to which the amendment relates. (Ord. 16, 10-23-1970)
C. Adoption Of Amendment: After the conclusion of the hearings, the council may adopt the amendment or any part thereof in such form as it deems advisable. The amendment shall not be acted upon until sixty (60) days shall have elapsed from the date of reference of the amendment. The amendment shall be effective only if two-thirds (2/3) of all the members of the council concur in its passage. (Ord. 16, 10-23-1970; amd. 2005 Code)