§ 108-358. Text amendments to zoning ordinance.

(a)

City council. The city council may from time to time by ordinance amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal the regulations herein or subsequently established.

(b)

Initiation of amendment. Amendments may be proposed by the city council, the planning and zoning commission or by a person owning or having an interest in property in the city. A person owning or having an interest in property in the city, after filing an application with the planning and zoning commission, shall appear before the commission at a public hearing to present their proposal. If the council initiates an amendment, its proposal shall be transmitted to the planning and zoning commission for the commission's report and recommendation. If the planning and zoning commission initiates an amendment, the planning and zoning department shall, after sufficient time to compile data, present their report and recommendation to the commission.

(c)

Application for amendment. Any person owning or having an interest in property or the planning and zoning commission may file an application for a text amendment with the planning commission upon such forms as the commission may specify by rule. The application for amendment shall contain the information listed in section 108-352 and the procedure for a text amendment shall follow the regulations listed in section 108-352.

(Code 2004, § 152.227; Ord. No. 381, 4-10-2006; Am. Ord. No. 471, 9-22-2014)