(A) The County Board shall review the proposed amendment, report of the ZBA, and recommendation of the Land Use Committee, and shall grant or deny the text or map amendment by majority vote of these members present.
(B) In the following cases, no amendment shall be passed except by the favorable vote of three- fourths of all the members of the County Board:
(1) If a written protest against the proposed amendment is filed with the County Clerk at least 72 hours prior to the County Board making its final determination, and is signed and acknowledged by:
(a) The owner or owners of at least 20% of the land to be rezoned; or
(b) The owner or owners of land immediately touching, or immediately across a street, alley, or public right-of-way from, at least 20% of the perimeter of the land to be rezoned.
(2) If the land affected by proposed amendment lies within one and one-half miles of the limits of a zoned municipality and a written protest is passed by the governing body of the zoned municipality, and filed with the County Clerk at least 72 hours prior to the County Board making its final determination; or
(3) If written protests against the text amendment have been signed by 5% of the landowners of the county.
(C) If a written protest is ruled invalid, the proposed amendment may be carried over until the next meeting of the County Board by proper motion of any member of the County Board to allow the protesters to amend the written protest for it to be in proper form for presentation to the County Board. The amended written protest must be submitted to the County Clerk 72 hours prior to the County Board meeting.
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 1-26(h))