(a) Upon receiving the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission on a proposed amendment, Council shall advertise for and hold a public hearing. For all proposed text or Map amendments, at least one notice shall be given in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality at least 30 days before the date of the hearing.
(b) In addition the Clerk of Council shall mail notices by first class mail at least 30 days before the hearing date, to owners of properties within and contiguous to the parcel or parcels subject to the proposed amendment. The addresses of such owners shall be obtained from the addresses appearing on the County Treasurer's tax duplicate list. The failure to mail notices to owners whose names do not appear on such lists, as well as the failure of delivery of such notice, shall not invalidate any such amendment.
(c) The published and mailed notifications shall set forth the time and place of the public hearing and a summary of the proposed amendment. During the thirty days preceding the hearing a copy of the text of such amendment showing the area proposed to be changed and reports submitted by the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be on file for public inspection in the office of the Clerk of Council.
(d) When the Planning Commission makes a recommendation to Council for a change in, or addition to, any zoning ordinance or building code, Council shall study each such recommendation and take action within sixty (60) days by giving an ordinance its first reading, which ordinance shall embody such recommendations. Final action by Council on such ordinance shall be taken by giving said ordinance its third and final reading no later than sixty (60) days after its first reading.
(e) The Clerk of Council shall submit to the Commission a copy of any action taken by Council in regard to the Zoning Code.
(Ord. 17-1994. Passed 6-6-94.)