A.

The board of trustees may from time to time on its own motion, or on petition, or on recommendation of the planning commission or the board of appeals, amend, supplement or repeal the regulations and provisions of this ordinance, attached schedules, or official zoning maps after public notice and hearing in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York applicable thereto.

B.

Whenever the board of trustees amends, supplements or repeals any regulations or provisions of this ordinance, it shall first submit such proposed change to the planning commission for recommendation.

C.

The board of trustees by resolution adopted at a stated meeting shall fix the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed amendment and cause notice thereof to be given as required by law.

D.

In case of a protest against such change signed by the owners of 20 percent or more, either of the area of the land included in such proposed change, or of that immediately adjacent extending 300 feet from the street frontage of such opposite land, such amendment or change shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of at least three-quarters of all members of the board of trustees.

E.

Whenever any petition for an amendment, supplement or change of the zoning or regulations herein contained or subsequently established shall have been denied by the board of trustees, then no new petition including the text and/or map covering the same property or the same property and additional property shall be filed with or considered by the board of trustees until one year shall have elapsed from the date of the filing of the first petition.

A written notice of any proposed change or amendment affecting property within 500 feet of the boundaries of any state park or parkway shall be given to the regional state park commission having jurisdiction over such state park or parkway, the Niagara County Development and Planning Board and Erie and Niagara County Regional Planning Board at least ten days prior to the date of such public hearing.

(Code 1978, app. B, § 16; L.L. No. 1-1973)