The Village Board may from time to time, on its own motion or on petition or on recommendation of the Village Planning Board, after proper public notice and public hearing, amend, supplement or repeal the regulations, provisions or boundaries of this chapter.

In the case of a proposed amendment which involves the reclassification or transfer of any area to a less restrictive district, the Village Board may require the petitioner to submit a development plan showing the extent, location and character of proposed structures and uses. The Village Board may require that such plan be modified to meet the objections raised at any public hearing thereon or subsequent thereto, and may qualify its approval of any such amendment by attaching a special endorsement thereto. Within a period of six months from the approval of such a provisional amendment, no building permit or certificate of zoning compliance shall be issued for any property within the area described by said amendment except in accordance with the approved development plan and with all conditions and limitations placed thereon by the Village Board or in accordance with the zoning regulations applicable prior to the said reclassification action. Unless application for a building permit for such special development is made within six months from the Village Board's approval and unless development of the area included in such development is commenced within a period of one year after the Village Board's approval, said approval shall be void and the zoning classification shall be as it was when the petition for amendment was filed. All improvements in such district shall be made in accordance with the plan as approved by the Village Board.

A petition to amend, change or supplement the text of this chapter or any zoning district designated on the Zoning Map established herein shall be filed with the Village Clerk on forms obtained from his office and shall be transmitted by him to the Village Board. The fee shall be as provided in Chapter 144, Fees, of the Code of the Village of Lancaster.

The disposition of a petition for amendment by the Village Board shall be final and disapproval or denial of the proposed amendment shall void the petition. No new petition for an amendment which has been previously denied by the Village Board shall be considered by it, except for a vote to table or to receive and file, and no public hearings shall be held on such amendment within a period of one year from the date of such previous denial unless the Village Board shall find that there have been substantial changes in the situation which would merit a rehearing.

If a petition protesting any change is filed, see § 7-708 of the Village Law.

When holding a public hearing on changes, see § 7-706 of the Village Law.