Amendments to this title shall be initiated by the city council after study and hearings as provided by the statutes of the state of Iowa. (Ord. B-39, 1969)

Amendments proposed to this title shall be referred to the planning and zoning commission of the city for study and recommendation. (Ord. B-39, 1969)

   A.   In Front Of The City Council: Public hearings in front of the city council shall be provided in the manner prescribed by the statutes of the state. (Ord. C-210, 7-5-1994)

   B.   In Front Of The Planning And Zoning Commission: Before submitting its recommendation to the city council, the planning and zoning commission shall hold a public hearing on rezoning applications. Property owners within two hundred feet (200') of the proposed change shall be given notice of the filing of the application and the date, time and place of the public hearing on it. Notice shall be mailed at least seven (7) days in advance of the hearing by ordinary mail and shall be considered as having been received by the property owner if addressed to the property owner at the last known address as shown in the records of the Lee County assessor. Notice shall also be published pursuant to the requirements of chapter 362 of the code of Iowa. (Ord. C-210, 7-5-1994; amd. Ord. D-39, 1-17-2017)

The zoning district subject to this title, shall include the city of Fort Madison, Iowa, and its environs within a radius of one (1) mile from the city limits, as prescribed by the statutes of the state of Iowa. (Ord. B-39, 1969)

In accordance with section 414 of the Iowa Code, as the same now exists or may be hereafter amended, superseded or replaced by subsequent sections of said Iowa Code, the council herewith provides the following manner to amend, supplement or change the boundaries as shown on said zoning "district map". Such amendments, supplements or changes shall be set out in an amending ordinance identifying the property by legal description and identifying the zoning district as the same exists, and the new district to be established for said property. Such ordinance, after adoption and publication shall be then recorded by the city clerk as other ordinances, and a certified copy of said ordinance be attached to the "district map", shall be kept continually up to date by proper notation thereon. (Ord. B-39, 1969; amd. Ord. B-203, 10-21-1975)

Such amending ordinance shall make reference to the zoning ordinance and zoning district map, and shall thereafter constitute a part of the city zoning ordinance. Such amending ordinance shall not per se repeal or reenact said district map, and said map shall continue to exist in full force and effect and to define and establish the boundaries as the same exist on said map, except that said map is made subservient and inferior to all subsequent ordinances amending, supplementing or changing boundaries adopted in the manner as above provided. After such subsequent ordinances are adopted and published as above provided, the boundaries and zoning districts as defined in said subsequent ordinances shall supersede the district and boundaries as shown on said district map for the particular property described in the subsequent ordinances. Further, such subsequent ordinances shall be considered as special ordinances, and not required to be set out at length in the municipal code.

That said map shall be updated and a new district map integrated, reenacted and reproduced in multiple copies at least once each five (5) years. (Ord. B-39, 1969)