The city council may, from time to time, amend, supplement, or change the regulations, restrictions, or boundaries herein or subsequently establish. Such amendment, supplement, or change may be initiated:

A.

By action of the city council by introduction of an ordinance or by adoption of a motion.

B.

By recommendation of the planning commission.

C.

By petition of property owners.

Petitions by property owners for the amendment, supplement, or change of the zoning ordinance shall be filed with the city council through the planning commission. In filing such petitions the following rules shall apply:

A.

No petition for a change in the classification of property shall be filed unless such petition is duly signed and acknowledged by the owners or authorized agents of not less than fifty percent (50%) of the area of land for which a change of classification is requested, provided, however, that where any lot located in the aforesaid area is owned in division, all co-owners must sign the petition for that lot to be included in the fifty percent (50%) area provision.

B.

Each petition for a change in the classification of property shall conform to such standards and requirements as the planning commission shall adopt.

C.

1.

To rezone property each petition shall be accompanied by a deposit of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each text change involving acreage under two (2) acres, an additional ten dollars ($10.00) for each acre of land over two (2) acres or portion thereof for which a change of classification is proposed or recommended, plus five dollars ($5.00) per certified mail.

2.

The minimum fee, however, shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) regardless of acreage and the maximum fee shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) which shall apply for all areas of forty (40) acres or more (the fee does not include the cost for certified mailing to adjacent property owner). Under no conditions shall said sum or any part thereof be refunded for failure of said changes to be adopted by the city council.

D.

Whenever a petition is filed requesting a change or amendment to this ordinance, and said petition has been finally acted upon by the city council, or when said petition has received no action on the part of the city council within ninety (90) days, or when said petition has been officially advertised for public hearings but has subsequently been withdrawn either before or after said public hearing has been held, then the city council shall not consider any further petition requesting or proposing such change or amendment for the same property within a period of two (2) calendar years from the date of the city council's final legal action on said petition or from the aforesaid ninety-day period in case action has not been taken by the city council, or from the date of withdrawal of said petition, provided, however, that said petition has been officially advertised. This provision shall not apply in cases where the city council wishes to consider a petition involving a comprehensive zoning revision of an area larger than twenty (20) acres.

(Ord. No. 1999-9, § 1, 7-12-99)