The Planning Commission shall transmit to Council its report within ten days after the close of the informal hearing held by the Commission. Council shall act upon applications heard by the Commission (amendments and conditional use approval of planned unit developments) but not upon applications decided by the Board of Zoning Appeals or Design Review Board. It shall not act upon any application requiring a public hearing until either it has received a report thereupon from the Planning Commission or until ten days have elapsed from the close of the informal hearing held by the Commission thereupon.
Council shall hold a public hearing in accordance with the provisions on hearing process herein except for public notice. Council shall give at least thirty days’ notice of the time and place of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation. If the action is to rezone ten or less parcels of land, a written notice of the public hearing shall be mailed to property owners within 200 feet in all directions from the boundaries of the subject property by the Clerk of Council by first class mail at least twenty days before the date of the public hearing.
Council shall not approve any application unless it finds that the zoning action applied for meets applicable approval criteria provided herein. A vote of three-fourths of the membership of Council shall be required to take any action different from that recommended by the Planning Commission.
In the case of a planned unit development, Council may make its approval subject to any conditions or restrictions it finds necessary to assure compatibility with the vicinity of the subject property. Council may also set time limits within which such conditions or restrictions shall be complied with. (Ord. 87-94. Passed 7-27-87; Ord. 95-59. Passed 5-8-95.)