Before voting on the enactment of an amendment, the governing body shall hold a public hearing thereon, pursuant to public notice. In addition, if the proposed amendment involves a Zoning Map change, notice of said public hearing shall be conspicuously posted by the municipality at points deemed sufficient by the municipality along the perimeter of the tract to notify potentially interested citizens. The affected tract or area shall be posted at least one week prior to the date of the hearing.

In addition to the notice requirements specified in Subsection G(1), where the proposed amendment involves a Zoning Map change, notice of public hearing shall be mailed by the municipality at least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing by first-class mail to the addresses to which real estate tax bills are sent for all real property located within the area being rezoned, as evidenced by tax records within the possession of the municipality. The notice shall include the location, date, and time of the public hearing.

Publication. Publication shall include the time and place of the meeting at which passage will be considered and a reference to a place within the municipality where copies of the proposed ordinance or amendments may be examined without charge or obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof. The governing body shall publish the proposed ordinance or amendment once in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality not more than 60 days nor less than seven days prior to passage. Publication of the proposed ordinance or amendment shall include either the full text thereof or the title and a brief summary, prepared by the Municipal Solicitor and setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail. If the full text is not included:

Rehearings. In the event that substantial amendments are made in the proposed ordinance or amendment, before voting upon enactment, the governing body shall, at least 10 days prior to enactment, readvertise in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality a brief summary setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail, together with a summary of the amendments.

Recording. Zoning ordinances and amendments may be incorporated into official ordinance books by reference with the same force and effect as if duly recorded therein.

Applicability of ordinance amendments. When an application for either special exception or a conditional use has been filed with either the Zoning Hearing Board or the governing body, as relevant, and the subject matter of such application would ultimately constitute either a land development or a subdivision, no change or amendment of the zoning, subdivision or other governing ordinance or plans shall affect the decision on such application adversely to the applicant and the applicant shall be entitled to a decision in accordance with the provisions of the governing ordinances or plans as the stood at the time the application was duly filed. Provided, further, should such an application be approved by either the Zoning Hearing Board or governing body, as relevant, the applicant shall be entitled to proceed with the submission of either land development or subdivision plans within a period of six months or longer or as may be approved by either the Zoning Hearing Board or the governing body following the date of such approval in accordance with the provisions of the governing ordinances or plans as the stood at the time the application was duly filed before either the Zoning Hearing Board or governing body, as relevant.