This subchapter and any provisions thereof may be amended or repealed upon the favorable vote of four of the five members of the City Council provided that the City Council shall first cause a public hearing to be held in regard to any amendment or repeal of this chapter. The hearing shall be conducted by the City Council and notice of said hearing shall be given by publication thereof in the Sparta News-Plaindealer, its successor or any other newspaper having general circulation within the city. Said notice shall state the time, place and date of the hearing and shall also state with particularity the nature of the amendment to said chapter. Such notice shall be published three times for three consecutive weeks, the first publication thereof being not less than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. In addition thereto, notice of said hearing shall be posted in City Hall and three other prominent places within the city.
(1994 Code, § 36.50) (Ord. 97-10, passed 12-23-1997)