Brookfield Town City Zoning Code
§ 17.12
Changes and amendments.
(1)
Authority. Whenever the public necessity, convenience, general welfare or good zoning practice requires, the Town Board may, by ordinance, change the zoning district boundaries or amend, change or supplement the regulations established by this chapter or amendments thereto. Such change or amendment shall submitted to the Plan Commission for review.
(2)
Initiation. A change or amendment may be initiated by the Town Board or Plan Commission or by a petition of one or more of the owners or lessees of property within the area proposed to be changed.
(3)
Petitions. Petitions for any change to the district boundaries or amendments to the regulations shall be filed with the Town Clerk, describe the premises to be rezoned or the regulations to be amended, list the reasons justifying the petition, specify the proposed use and have attached the following:
(a)
Plot plan drawn to a scale of one inch equals 100 feet showing the area proposed to be rezoned, its location, its dimensions, the location and classification of adjacent zoning districts and the location and existing use of all properties within 300 feet of the area proposed to be rezoned.
(b)
Owner's names and addresses of all properties lying within 300 feet of the area proposed to be rezoned.
(c)
Additional information required by the Town Plan Commission or Town Board.
(4)
Review and recommendation. The Town Plan Commission shall review all proposed changes and amendments within the corporate limits and shall recommend that the petition be granted as requested, modified and granted, or denied.
(5)
Hearings. The Town Board shall hold a public hearing upon each petition giving public notice thereof as specified in § 17.13 of this chapter, listing the time, place, and the changes of amendments proposed. The Town Board shall also give at least 10 days' prior written notice to the Clerk of any municipality within 1,000 feet of any land to be affected by the proposed change or amendment.
(6)
Town Board's action. As soon as possible after such public hearing, and after careful consideration of the Town Plan Commission's recommendations, the Town Board shall act on the petition either approving, modifying and approving or disapproving of the same.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection (7), Protest, of the 2005 Code, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-004. This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection (8) as Subsection (7).
(7)
County Board approval. No change or amendment to this chapter shall be effective until approved by the Waukesha County Board. The Town Clerk shall transmit three signed and attested copies of any change adopted by the Town Board to the Waukesha County Clerk for County Board approval.