(A) Petition. Each petition by one or more owners for an amendment shall be submitted by application to the Village Clerk on a standard form provided. A fee as established by the Village Council shall be paid at the time of application to cover costs of necessary advertising for public hearing, for the use of a standard amendment sign, and investigation of the amendment request. No part of the fee shall be returnable to a petitioner. The Village Clerk shall transmit the application to the Planning Commission.
(B) Public hearing. After deliberations on any proposal, the Planning Commission shall conduct a public hearing before any regulations shall become effective. Not less than 15-days notice of the time and place of the public hearing shall first be published in an official paper or paper of general circulation in the village and not less than 15-days notice of the time and place of the public hearing shall first be given by registered United States mail to each public utility company and to each railroad company owning or operating any public utility or railroad within the districts or zones affected, and a hearing be granted any person interested at the time and place specified.
(C) Planning Commission recommendation. Following the public hearing, the Planning Commission shall issue a recommendation to the Village Council on whether to approve or deny the application.
(D) Village Council action. Based on the Planning Commission's recommendation, the Village Council shall take action on the rezoning application, either approving it or denying it.
(E) Resubmittal. No application for a rezoning which has been denied by the Village Council shall be resubmitted for a period of one year from the date of the last denial, except on grounds of newly discovered evidence or proof of changed conditions found upon inspection by the Village Council to be valid.
(Ord. 85, passed 2-2-1981; Ord. 146, passed 3-2-1998; Ord. 230, passed 12-9-2014; Ord., passed 8-10-2021)