(A) Recommendation for zoning map amendment.
(1) Before recommendation to the City Council that an application for amendment to the zoning map be granted, the Planning Commission must find that the map amendment is in agreement with the community’s comprehensive plan, or in the absence of such a finding, that:
(a) The original zoning classification given to the property was inappropriate or improper, and that the proposed classification is proper; and
(b) That there have been major changes of an economic, physical, or social nature within the area involved which were not anticipated in the comprehensive plan adopted by the Planning Commission and which have substantially altered the basic character of the area.
(2) The Planning Commission shall also have the power to hear and finally decide applications for variances or conditional use permits in conjunction with a requested zoning map amendment if the proposed development requires both a map amendment and one or more variances or conditional use permits (per KRS 100.203(5)). Recommendations regarding these permits shall be a part of the record forwarded to the City Council.
(3) After voting to recommend that an application for amendment to the official zoning map be granted or denied, the Planning Commission shall forward its findings of fact and recommendation in writing to the City Council.
(B) Recommendation of Commission for text amendment. After voting to recommend that an application for amendment to the text of this chapter be granted or denied, the Planning Commission shall forward its recommendation in writing to the City Council. In the case of a proposed amendment originating with a legislative body, the Planning Commission shall make its recommendation within 60 days of the date of its receipt of the proposed amendment.
(Prior Code, § 152.314) (Ord. 920.27, passed 10-7-1993)