In the case of a proposed amendment which involves the reclassification or transfer of any area to a less restrictive district, the Town Board may require the petitioner to submit a development plan showing the extent, location and character of proposed structures and uses. The Town Board may require that such plan be modified to meet the objections raised at any public hearing thereon, or subsequent thereto, and may qualify its approval of any such amendment by attaching a special endorsement thereto.

Within a period of six months from the approval of such a provisional amendment, no building permit or certificate of zoning compliance shall be issued for any property within the area described by said amendment, except in accordance with the approved development plan and with all conditions and limitations placed thereon by the Town Board, or in accordance with the zoning regulations applicable prior to said reclassification action. Unless application for a building permit for such special development is made within six months from the Town Board's approval and unless development of the area included in such development plan is commenced within a period of one year after the Town Board's approval, said approval shall be void and the zoning classification shall be as it was when the petition for amendment was filed.

Filing petition. A petition to amend, change or supplement the text of this chapter or any zoning district as designated on the Zoning Map established herein[1] shall be filed with the Town Clerk on forms obtained from his office and shall be transmitted by him to the Town Board.

Referral to Planning Board. Each proposed amendment, except those initiated by the Town Planning Board, shall be referred to the Town Planning Board for an advisory report prior to the public hearing held by the Town Board. In reporting, the Town Planning Board shall fully state its reasons for recommending or opposing the adoption of such proposed amendment, and if it shall recommend adoption, shall describe any changes in conditions which it believes make the amendment desirable and shall state whether such amendment is in harmony with a Comprehensive Plan for land use in the Town.

Public notice. Unless otherwise provided, the provisions of § 264, as amended, and § 265 as amended, of Article 16 of the Town Law, and § 20 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and subsequent amendments thereto, pertaining to public hearings, official notice and proper recording of zoning actions taken by the Town Board, shall apply to all amendments to this chapter.

Protests. In case of a protest against any change signed by owners of 20% or more, of either the area of the land included in such proposed change, or of that immediately adjacent extending 100 feet therefrom or of that directly opposite thereto extending 100 feet from the street frontage of such opposite land, such amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of at least four members of the Town Board.

Rehearing. The disposition of a petition for amendment by the Town Board shall be final and disapproval or denial of the proposed amendment shall void the petition. No new petition for an amendment shall void the petition. No new petition for an amendment which has been previously denied by the Town Board shall be considered by it, except for a vote to table or to receive and file, and no public hearing shall be held on such amendment within a period of one year from the date of such previous denial, unless the Town Planning Board shall submit a recommendation, with reason stated therefor, certifying that there have been substantial changes in the situation which would merit a rehearing by the Town Board.