(A) Purpose. Amendments to this chapter (text or map) may be initiated by the City Council, the Planning Commission or by a property owner for the purpose of carrying out the policies and goals of the Comprehensive Plan and promoting the public health, safety and general welfare of the community.
(B) Procedure.
(1) Application by a property owner must be made to the Planning Administrator or designee on forms provided. An amendment initiated by the City Council or a property owner shall be referred to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation to the City Council who will make decisions as to proposed ordinance amendments. An application for a PUD preliminary plan shall also constitute an application to rezone a property to a PUD Overlay and public notices and procedures shall be the same as with other requests for rezoning.
(2) The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing to consider the proposed amendment. A notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be published in the official newspaper of the city at least ten days prior to the day of the hearing. A similar notice shall be mailed at least ten days before the day of the hearing to each property owner within 350 feet of the property to which the amendment relates. A copy of the notice and a list of the owners and addresses to which the notice was sent shall be attested to by the responsible person and shall be made a part of the records of the proceedings. Failure to give mailed notice to individual property owners or defects in the notice shall not invalidate the proceedings, provided a bona fide attempt to comply with this subdivision has been made.
(3) The Planning Commission shall provide a recommendation to the City Council as to the proposed amendment. The City Council shall not approve an amendment until it has received the recommendation of the Planning Commission on the proposed amendment or 60 days have elapsed from the date of reference of the amendment to the Planning Commission without a report from them to the City Council.
(4) The City Council may amend this chapter by a majority vote of all its members. The adoption or amendment of any portion of this chapter, which changes all or part of the existing classification of a zoning district from residential to either commercial or industrial, requires a two-thirds majority vote of all members of the governing body.
(Prior Code, § 305.04) (Ord. passed 12-18-2007; Ord. passed 7-2-2018)