(a) Applications for any change of district boundaries or classifications of property as shown on the District Map shall be submitted to the Commission, at its public office, upon such forms and shall be accompanied by such data and information as may be prescribed for that purpose by the Commission, so as to assure the fullest practicable presentation of facts for the permanent record. Each such application shall be verified by at least one (1) of the owners or lessors of property within the area proposed to be reclassified, attesting to the truth and correctness of all facts and information presented with the applications. Applications for amendments initiated by the Commission shall be accompanied by its motion pertaining to such proposed amendment.
(b) Public Hearing by Commission. Before submitting its recommendations on a proposed amendment to the Council, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be given by one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation on the area. The notice shall state the place or places and times at which the proposed amendment to the ordinance, including text and maps, may be examined and other notices as required by State statutes or Planning and Zoning Commission.
(c) Notice to Property Owners. In addition to the published notices hereinbefore specified, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of public meetings to be held by it on proposed amendments or supplements, by mailing a postal card or letter notice not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date of hearing to the owners of all properties lying within two hundred (200) feet of any part of the property proposed to be changed. The failure to notify as provided in this Section shall not invalidate any recommendation adopted hereunder; it being the intention of this Section to provide notice to the persons substantially interested in the proposed change that an application is pending before the Commission, proposing to make a change in the District Map or the regulations set forth in this Ordinance.
(d) Action of Commission. The Commission may recommend that the application be granted as requested, or it may recommend a modification of the zoning amendment requested in the applications, or it may recommend that the application not be granted. These recommendations shall then be certified to the Council.
(e) Public Hearing by Council. After receiving from the Commission the certification of said recommendations of the proposed amendment, and before adoption of such amendment, the Council shall hold a public hearing thereon at least thirty (30) days notice of the time and place of which shall be given by one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village.
(f) Action of Council. After receiving from the Planning and Zoning Commission certification of the recommendations on the proposed amendment and after holding the above public hearing, the Council shall consider such recommendations and vote on the passage of the amendment to the text of the ordinance or the District Map. The Council may overrule the recommendations of the Commission by three-fourths (3/4) vote of the full membership of the Council. (Ord. 22-089. Passed 12-5-22.)