A. Authority: The regulations imposed and the districts created by this title may be amended from time to time by ordinance, but no such amendment shall be made without a hearing before the plan commission which shall report its findings and recommendations to the village board. (1976 Code §22-25-1)
B. Initiation Of Amendments: The plan commission may, on its own motion or upon a petition signed by one or more of the owners of property in the village or upon instructions from the board of trustees, cause to be prepared a notice indicating the changes proposed to be made in the regulations or in the district boundary lines describing the boundaries of the territory to be affected. Such notice shall state the time and place of the public hearing for the consideration of such proposed amendment and shall state where a copy of the proposed amending ordinance will be accessible for examination by interested parties. (1976 Code §22-25-2)
C. Objections To Amendments: In case of a written protest against any proposed amendment of the regulations or districts, signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the frontage proposed to be altered, or by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the frontage immediately adjoining or across an alley therefrom or by the owners of twenty percent (20%) of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered, is filed with the village clerk, the amendment shall not be passed except by a favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the village trustees. (1976 Code §22-25-4)