(a) Council, on its motion or on petition, may, after reference to and report by the Planning Commission, and after public notice and hearing as provided in this section, amend, supplement or change district boundaries or zoning regulations herein or subsequently established.
(b) At the direction of Council, such motion or petition. shall be certified by the Municipal Administrator to the Planning Commission for report and recommendation within thirty days after such certification. Failure of the Planning Commission to report within such thirty-day period shall be constructed as an approval of the proposed amendment, supplement or change.
(c) A public hearing shall be held by Council on all proposed amendments to or changes in, the Zone Map or the text of this Zoning Code.
(d) Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least thirty days in advance of such hearing. During such thirty-day period, the text, or copy of the text, of the proposed ordinance or measure amending, supplementing or changing the boundaries or regulations herein established, together with the maps or plans or copies thereof, forming part of or referred to in such ordinance or measure, and the maps, plans and reports submitted by the Planning Commission with reference thereto shall be on file for public examination in the office of the Municipal Administrator.
(e) If the proposed ordinance or measure intends to rezone or redistrict, written notice of the hearing provided for in this section shall be mailed by the Municipal Administrator by certified mail at least twenty days before the date of such public hearing to the owners of the property proposed to be rezoned or redistricted. The notice shall be sent to the addresses of such owners appearing on the current tax list of the Auditor of Lucas County, Ohio, or the mailing list of the Treasurer of Lucas County, Ohio. The failure of delivery of such notice shall not invalidate any such ordinance or measure.
Written notice of the hearing provided for in this section shall be mailed by the Municipal Administrator by first-class mail at least twenty days before the date of such public hearing to the owners of the property contiguous to and directly across the street from the parcel or parcels proposed to be rezoned or redistricted, to the addresses of such owners appearing on the current tax list of the Auditor of Lucas County, Ohio, or the mailing list of the Treasurer of Lucas County, Ohio. The failure of delivery of such notice shall not invalidate any such ordinance or measure.
(Ord. 10-97. Passed 5-12-97.)
(f) No ordinance or measure which differs or departs from the plan or report submitted by the Planning Commission shall take effect unless passed or approved by not less than three-fourths of the membership of Council.
(Ord. 431. Passed 9-4-63.)
(Ord. 431. Passed 9-4-63.)
(g) No action shall be taken on a petition for any amendment, supplement or change of the boundaries or regulations herein established unless and until the applicant proposing the same shall pay the City of Waterville a fee as determined from time to time by Council for the processing of said petition and the related costs incurred by the Municipality to accomplish the proposed amendment, supplement or change.
(Ord. 42-05. Passed 10-24-05.)
(h) No property owner shall initiate a zoning amendment affecting the same parcel more often than once every twelve months.
(Ord. 431. Passed 9-4-63.)