(a) Where land previously zoned and assigned a Zoning Sign District by another jurisdiction is annexed to the City, the same shall be zoned in the same Zoning District and Zoning Sign District as land that is already within the City and immediately adjacent to the land to be annexed.
(b) If the land immediately adjacent to the land to be annexed consists of more than one Zoning District and/or Zoning Sign District, the land to be annexed shall be zoned in the same Zoning District and/or Zoning Sign District that the majority of the land adjacent to it is located in.
(c) Land not zoned by another jurisdiction prior to annexation shall be classified in the same manner into whichever district and sign district most closely conforms to the existing use of the annexed area or in accordance with Chapter 1173 in the case of vacant land. Building permits may be issued only after the City has given the land its permanent zoning and zoning sign classification.
(d) In all cases, within three (3) months after the effective date of annexation, the Planning Board shall recommend the appropriate permanent zoning districts and sign district for such area to Commission, and the Official Zoning District Map shall be amended according to the prescribed procedure set forth in Chapter 1174.
(e) Upon annexation of land to the city, the provisions of Chapter 1127, Flood Plain Overlay District, shall also become effective for such land.
(f) The City Commission shall hold a public hearing regarding the annexation application prior to the acceptance of the annexation. The City Clerk shall cause notice of the public hearing to be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 713.12 of the Ohio Revised Code, as presently enacted or as it may be amended for time to time by the General Assembly. Notice shall be made by the City Clerk so the required public hearing may occur on the first day that the City Commission is permitted to consider acceptance of the annexation in compliance with Section 709.04 of the Ohio Revised Code, as presently enacted and as it may be amended from time to time by the General Assembly.