Authority. Whenever the public necessity, convenience, general welfare or good zoning practice requires, the Village may, by ordinance, change the district boundaries or amend, change or supplement the regulations established by this chapter or amendments thereto. Such change or amendment shall be subject to the review and recommendation of the Plan Commission.

Initiation. A change or amendment may be initiated by the Village Board, the Plan Commission or by a petition of one or more of the owners or lessees of property within the area proposed to be changed.

Petitions. Petitions for any change to the district boundaries or amendments to the regulations shall be filed with the Village Clerk and shall 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:

Recommendations. The Plan Commission shall hold a public hearing as provided for in § 62.23(7)(d), Wis. Stats., and review all proposed changes and amendments within the corporate limits and shall recommend that the petition be granted as requested, modified or denied. The recommendation shall be made at a meeting subsequent to the meeting at which the petition is first submitted and shall be made in writing to the Village Board. The Village Clerk shall publish a Class 2 notice of the hearing, and the hearing shall be held not less than 10 days after the second notice.

Village Board action. After careful consideration of the Plan Commission recommendations, the Village Board shall vote on the passage of the proposed change or amendment. If the Village Board denies the proposed change or amendment, a similar petition for such change or amendment may not be submitted for a period of one year.[1]