The regulations, restrictions and boundaries established in this ordinance may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed by the governing body pursuant to section 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia as follows:

(A)

By the filing with the Zoning Administrator of a petition by owners or the contract purchaser, with the owner's permission, of land proposed to be zoned, which petition shall be accompanied by a fee as prescribed by a fee schedule adopted by the governing body; or

(B)

By the adoption of the Board of Supervisors of a resolution of intention to amend which resolution upon adoption shall be referred to the Planning Commission; or

(C)

By the adoption by the Planning Commission of a resolution of intention to propose an amendment.

(D)

Any such resolution by such governing body or commission proposing the rezoning shall state the above public purposes therefor.

(E)

Any provision of this chapter notwithstanding, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, none of the fees provided for in this chapter shall apply to any property owned by the County and used for County purposes.

(Ord. 7-6-16)

The planning commission shall hold at least one public hearing on such proposed amendments after notice as required by section 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virginia, and may make appropriate changes in the proposed amendment as a result of such hearing. In addition to the notice required by section 15.2-2204, the applicant shall cause a sign to be erected on the property which is the subject of any proposed amendment. Such sign shall be of a type approved by the Zoning Administrator and shall be posted on the subject property at the nearest public road or at its point of access to the nearest public road. Upon the completion of its work, the commission shall present the proposed amendment to the governing body together with its recommendations and appropriate explanatory materials.

(Ord. 2-18-15)

Editor's note— This section as adopted 4-5-04 contained a clerical error in the reference to the applicable statute. This error has been corrected by the editor.

Before approving and adopting any amendment, the governing body shall hold at least one public hearing as required by section 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virginia, after which the governing body may make appropriate changes or corrections in the proposed amendment; provided, however, that no land may be zoned to a more intensive use classification than was containing in the public notice without an additional public hearing after notice required by section 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virginia. In addition to the notice required by section 15.2-2204, the applicant shall cause a sign to be erected on the property which is the subject of any proposed amendment. Such sign shall be of a type approved by the Zoning Administrator and shall be posted on the subject property at the nearest public road or at its point of access to the nearest public road. An affirmative vote or at least a majority of the members of the governing body shall be required to amend the zoning ordinance.

(Ord. 2-18-15)

Editor's note— This section as adopted 4-5-04 contained a clerical error in the reference to the applicable statute. This error has been corrected by the editor.

Except as the governing body may permit in a particular case, substantially the same petition shall not be reconsidered for a period of one (1) year from the date of the original decision by the governing body.