The procedure for taking action on an amendment to this title shall be as follows:
A. Notice: All petitions for taking action on an amendment to this title shall be as follows:
1. The City Council shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing in the official newspaper at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing. When the petition involves changes in zone boundaries affecting an area of five (5) acres or less, a similar notice shall be mailed at least ten (10) days before the day of the hearing to each owner of affected property and property situated wholly or partly within three hundred fifty feet (350') of the property to which the petition relates.
2. Notice of all proposed amendments in the Shoreland Zone shall be mailed at least ten (10) days before the hearing to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
3. For the purpose of giving mailed notice, the person responsible for mailing the notice may use any appropriate records to determine the names and addresses of owners. A copy of the notice and a list of the owners and addresses to which the notice was sent shall be attested to by the responsible person and shall be made a part of the records of the proceedings. The failure to give mailed notice to individual property owners, or defects in the notice shall not invalidate the proceedings, provided a bona fide attempt was made to comply.
B. Public Hearing: The City Council shall hold the public hearing and make a decision within sixty (60) days from the date of the hearings.
C. Amendments Following Denial: No petition of a property owner for an amendment to this title shall be considered by the City within the one year period immediately following a previous denial of such request, except the City may consider a new petition if in the opinion of the Planning and Zoning Commission new evidence or a change of circumstances warrant it.
D. Notification To State: Notice of the final amendments shall be mailed to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources within ten (10) days of the decision if the site is in the Shoreland Zone. (Ord. 15, 2nd Series, 2-26-1992)