An amendment to this ordinance may be proposed by the Town [City] Council, the Planning and Zoning Commission, the town [city] engineer, the town [city] attorney, any department, board or agency in town [city], or any other individual, corporation or agency; provided that an individual, corporation or agency proposing an amendment to the zoning map who is not the legal owner(s) of the property proposed for amendment shall submit with the application for amendment a signed statement from the owner(s) consenting in every respect to the proposed amendment. Requests for amendments shall be submitted in writing to the zoning board on forms provided, according to their procedures for review and recommendation whose duty shall be to present such amendments to the Town [City] Council if the Board's decision is affirmative. Negative amendments may be submitted to the Town [City] Council by the Zoning Board Chairman only upon written request for appeal by the petitioner or by call from the Town [City] Council. For the purposes of this provision, any vote by the Planning and Zoning Commission that does not result in an affirmative bill shall be treated as a negative bill.

This ordinance and the zoning map of Moundville may be amended, supplanted, changed, modified, or repealed by the Town [City] Council, but no proposed amendment shall be adopted unless such proposed amendment is first submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its recommendation. The Planning and Zoning commission, on its own motion, will hold public hearings, public notice of which shall be given, for the consideration of any proposed recommendation to the Town [City] Council of Moundville. The provisions of Code of Alabama (1975) Title 11, Chapter 52, and Article 4 shall apply to all changes and amendments.

No request from any individual, corporation, or agency other than the Town [City] Council, the Planning and Zoning commission, the town [city] engineer, the town [city] attorney, or any department or agency of the town [city] for a change in the zoning classification or creation of a separate district shall be considered which involves an area of less than two acres, except that the following changes may be made to apply to an area of less than two acres:

(1)

The extension of existing district boundaries.

(2)

The addition of C-1 zoning contiguous to existing commercial or industrial zones.