§ 15. Amendments.

A.

Authority. The city council may from time to time amend, supplement, or change by ordinance the boundaries of the district or the regulations herein established.

B.

Submission to planning and zoning commission. Before taking action on any proposed amendment, supplement or change by ordinance of a district boundary or regulation, the city council shall submit the proposed revision to the planning and zoning commission for its recommendation and report. The planning and zoning commission shall make its report within 30 days following the close of the public hearing thereon.

C.

Public hearings. Prior to adopting any ordinance amending, supplementing, or changing the boundaries of any district or any regulation herein established, the planning and zoning commission and city council shall hold public hearings at which any person desiring to be heard regarding such matter shall be given an opportunity to do so. City council may not hold a public hearing until it receives the final report of the planning and zoning commission.

D.

Notice of public hearings.

1.

Notice of any public hearing involving a proposed change in a zoning classification shall be given, in writing, to each owner of real property, as indicated by the most recently approved city tax roll, which lies within 200 feet of any property on which said change in classification is proposed, such notice to be given before the tenth day before the hearing date.

2.

Notice of all public hearings shall also be published in the official newspaper of the city, or a newspaper having general circulation in the city, before the fifteenth day before the public hearing.

3.

In addition, notice of any public hearing involving a proposed change in zoning classification shall be given by causing a sign to be erected on the property which would be affected by the proposed change stating the time and place of the hearing. Such sign shall be erected not less than ten days prior to the date on which such hearing is to be held.

4.

Before the tenth day before the hearing date, notice of any public hearing involving a proposed change in a zoning classification affecting residential or multifamily zoning shall be given, in writing, via United States Postal Service, to each school district in which the property for which the proposed change in classification is located.

E.

Vote required in the event of protest. In the event of a written protest to any such proposed amendment, supplement, or change to a district boundary or regulation signed by the owners of 20 percent or more either of the area of the lots or land included in such proposed change or those immediately adjacent to the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining the area covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from that area, such amendment shall not become effective except by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of all members of city council. In computing the percentage of land area, the area of streets and alleys shall be included.

(Ord. No. 90-2, § 1, 2-5-1990; Ord. No. 96-16, §§ 1, 2, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 2011-13, § 1, 6-6-2011; Ord. No. 2013-30, § 2, 10-7-2013; Ord. No. 2019-13, § 2, 5-6-2019)