(A) The regulations imposed and the districts created under the Zoning Code may be amended by ordinance, but no amendments shall be made without a hearing before the Plan Commission created pursuant to ordinance.
(B) At least 15 days notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published in a paper of general circulation in the city, the notice to contain the particular location for which the amendment is requested as well as a brief statement describing the proposed amendment. In case of written protest against the proposed amendment signed and acknowledged by the owners of 20% of the frontage proposed to be altered or by the owners of 20% of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered as to the regulations or district, filed with the City Clerk, the amendment shall not be passed except by the favorable vote of two-thirds of all of the members of the City Council.
(C) The City Council shall, at its discretion and direction, require that any Zoning Code amendment, approved after hearing before the Plan Commission which impacts adjoining property owners, either at the current time or at any foreseeable time in the future, shall be filed with the Douglas County Recorder of Deeds' office upon a form prescribed therefor which shall contain or be accompanied by all required information for said change or amendment. Any fee incurred in association with such filing shall be the responsibility of applicant(s) of said variance.
(1992 Code, § 155.204) (Ord. passed 5- -1969; Ord. passed 5- -1969; Am. Ord. 2007-MC03, passed 1-22-2007)