- The City Council shall hold a public hearing on all amendments to this ordinance and to the District Zoning Map at which all interested parties shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the time and place of the public hearing and the nature of the amendments sought shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least 15 days before the date of such hearing and a public notice mailed to the property owners within 400 feet of the premises. After the public hearing which also constitutes the first reading of the amendment, the City Council shall conduct two additional readings of the amendment when the Council is able to take action, provided the proposed amendment receives an affirmative vote.
- Prior to the advertised public hearing before the City Council, the Planning Commission shall review any proposed amendments to this ordinance or to the District Zoning Map and after due deliberation, shall certify its findings and recommendations to the City Council in writing.
- No zoning amendments shall be considered by the Council until after the Planning Commission has reviewed it and the Commission has forwarded its findings and the recommendations to the Council. In its deliberations on zoning matters before it, the Council shall take into consideration any evidence and material available to it, comments of public agencies and the findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission. No zoning change shall be put into effect unless a majority of the Council votes in favor of its adoption.
- In the event of a protest to a proposed amendment to the District Zoning Map duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of 40% or more of the area of the lots included within the proposed change, or those immediately adjacent within a distance of 400 feet, the amendment shall not become effective except by the affirmative vote of the majority of those present.
- All protests to a proposed amendment to the District Zoning Map, or any withdrawals from such a protest, shall be filed with the City of Lander at least 24 hours before the time set by notice for the Council meeting at which the proposed amendment will be considered.
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 1152 on 1/13/2009