Any person or corporation having a proprietary interest in any property may petition the Town Council for a change or amendment to the provisions of this ordinance or the Planning and Zoning Commission may, on its own motion or on request from the Town Council, institute study and proposal for changes and amendments in the public interest.

Procedure.

(1)

The Town Council may, from time to time, amend, supplement or change by ordinance, the boundaries of the districts of the regulations herein established as provided by the Statutes of the State of Texas. In the case of an emergency, the Town Council may amend this ordinance without prior public hearings.

(2)

Before taking action on any proposed amendment, supplement or change, the governing body shall submit the same to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its recommendation and report.

(3)

The Planning and Zoning Commission, unless an emergency exists, shall hold a public hearing on any application for any amendment or change prior to making its recommendation and report to the Town Council. Written notice of all public hearings before the Planning and Zoning Commission on proposed amendment or change shall be sent to all owners of real property lying within 200 feet of the property on which the change is requested. If the proposed change affects residential or multi-family zoning, notice shall also be sent to each school district in which the property is located. Such notice shall be given not less than ten days before the date set for hearing by posting such notice, properly addressed and postage paid, to each taxpayer as the ownership appears on the last approved Town tax roll or County tax roll for the area affected.

(4)

A public hearing, unless an emergency exists, shall be held by the governing body before adopting any proposed amendment, supplement or change. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication in the official publication of the Town of Hickory Creek, Texas, stating the time and place of such hearing, which time shall not be earlier than 15 days from the date of publications.

(5)

Unless a proposed amendment, supplement or change has been reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission, or if a protest against such proposed amendment, supplement or change has been filed with the Town Secretary, duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of 20 percent or more of the area of the lots included in such proposed change, or those immediately adjacent in the rear thereof extending 200 feet therefrom or of those directly opposite thereto, extending 200 feet from the street frontage of such opposite lots, such amendment shall not become effective except by a three-fourths vote of the governing body.

(6)

Upon the filing of an application to amend the comprehensive master plan land use category or the zoning on a lot or tract of land or property, or for the issuance of a specific use permit relative thereto, the owner/developer/applicant shall be required to place an informational sign on such lot or tract of land.

(a)

The size of the sign shall be four feet by four feet and be made out of aluminum or ten millimeters thick fluted polypropylene corrugated plastic material. If using plastic, the sheets shall be extruded comprising of two skins separated by vertical ribs.

(b)

The sign shall be double-sided, mounted on two stakes/poles, and the bottom of the sign shall be at least one foot above grade.

(c)

The sign shall be visible from and placed perpendicular to the street.

(d)

There shall be one sign for each 500 feet of street frontage.

(e)

The sign shall have a white background, with the letters and borders being blue in color. The sign shall include the following information, as applicable: The type of request, the case number, the town's logo, the town's contact number, and the web address for the town.

(f)

The owner/developer/applicant shall be required to remove informational signs from the lot or tract of land within ten days after the date of the final action of the requested change or amendment. The owner/developer/applicant shall also be required to replace missing informational signs on the next business day after staff notifying them of the absence.

(Ord. 86-10-114; Ord. 2011-08-669, 8/16/11)

(Ord. No. 2019-04-815, §§ 3.03, 3.04, 4-16-2019; Ord. No. 2022-11-917, § 3.01, 11-21-2022)