A. Submission: This zoning ordinance, including the map, may be amended, but all proposed amendments shall be submitted first to the planning and zoning commission for its recommendations which recommendations shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners.
B. Written Petition: Any person seeking an amendment of the zoning ordinance shall submit to the county zoning administrator a written petition designating the change desired, the reasons therefor, and wherein the proposed amendment would further promote the objectives and purposes of the zoning ordinance, together with a fee as determined by the board of county commissioners and posted in the office of the county zoning administrator. The applicant shall be responsible for notification of the adjacent property owners within a radius of three hundred feet (300') of exterior boundaries, by certified U.S. mail, proof of notification shall be presented to the zoning administrator at least one week prior to the public hearing date.
C. Recommendation: Before recommending an amendment to the zoning ordinance, it must be shown that such amendment is reasonably necessary, is in the interest of the public and is in harmony with the objectives and purposes of this zoning ordinance. Failure on the part of the planning and zoning commission to make recommendations within sixty (60) days shall be deemed to constitute approval of such proposed amendment unless a longer period is granted by the board of county commissioners.
D. Public Hearing Required Before Amending; Notice: Amendments to the zoning ordinance may be adopted only after a public hearing in relation thereto has been held by the board of county commissioners in which parties of interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. A notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least fifteen (15) days before the date of the hearing.
E. Effective: Amendments shall require a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners before an amendment can be effective. (Ord. 21, 12-1-1998)