The planning commission may, from time to time, amend, supplement, or change the regulations, restrictions, or boundaries herein or subsequently established. Such amendments may be initiated:

1.

By action of the council, by introduction of an ordinance, or by adoption of a motion, or

2.

On petition by property owners, by filing with the planning and zoning commission, a petition in writing which conforms with the standards and requirements of the planning and zoning commission, provided that such petition is duly signed and acknowledged by the owners or authorized agents of not less than 50 percent of the area of land in which a change of classification is requested.

(Ord. No. 975, § I, 9-6-11)

No amendment shall become effective until:

1.

There shall have been held a public hearing in relation thereto before the planning and zoning commission, at which time interested citizens and parties shall have had an opportunity to be fully heard.

2.

Notice of the proposed change and of the time and place of the public hearing shall have been published once a week for three weeks in the official journal of the community. At least 20 days shall elapse between the first publication and the date of the hearing.

3.

After the public hearing as provided above, the planning and zoning commission shall have submitted its report and final decision upon the proposed change to the city clerk. If such report is not filed with the city clerk within 30 days after the date of the public hearing, the action and report on such amendment by said commission shall be deemed favorable.

4.

There shall be a fourteen day period of appeals, during which time the petitioner and others shall have the opportunity to appeal the planning commission's decision to the city council.

5.

The provisions of this section do not apply in cases where there is a proposal to enact an entire new ordinance, to change the text as a whole, or to change all the official zoning maps, or both, in which event the procedure set out in Act 240, 1926 (R.S. 33:4721—33:4730) shall be followed.

(Ord. No. 975, § I, 9-6-11)

Before any action shall be taken as provided in this article, the party or parties proposing or recommending a change in the zoning ordinance, either text change or map change, shall deposit with the city clerk, the sum of $100.00 for each text change not involving acreage, or $100.00 for each change of classification proposed or recommended, to cover the approximate cost of the procedure, also the party or parties shall complete the "Application For Zoning Amendment, Minden Planning Commission" and return the application 21 days prior to the scheduled meeting of the Minden Planning Commission to the building official's office; however, under no condition shall such sum or part thereof be refunded for failure of such changes to be adopted by the commission or council.

(Ord. No. 975, § I, 9-6-11)

Whenever a petition is filed requesting or proposing a change or an amendment to the zoning ordinance and said petition has been finally acted on by the commission in accordance with [section 22.02 of this appendix] the above outlined procedure, then the commission shall not consider any further petition requesting or proposing the same change or amendment for the same property within a period of one calendar year from the date of the commission's final action on said petition.

(Ord. No. 975, § I, 9-6-11)