Any proposed amendment presented to City Council shall be referred to the City Planning Commission and the Lawrence County Planning Commission for review and recommendations at least 30 days prior to public hearing by City Council.

The City must submit new subdivision and land development ordinances and zoning ordinances to the Lawrence County Planning Commission for review and recommendations at least 45 days prior to the public hearing.

The City will not approve a subdivision or land development plan unless the Lawrence County Planning Commission has issued its review and report or until 30 days after the date of application was forwarded to the County.

Before acting upon a proposed amendment, Council shall hold a public hearing thereon. Notice of such public hearing, including the date, time and place, and containing a brief summary of where the proposed may be examined, shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.

In addition to the normal public notice prior to the date of the public hearing on the enactment or amendment of a land use ordinance, there shall be an advertisement from seven to 60 days prior to the actual date of enactment.

Within 30 days after adoption of a zoning or subdivision ordinance or amendment, a certified copy must be sent to the Lawrence County Planning Commission.

When a zoning map change is involved, notice must be posted conspicuously along the perimeter of the tract at least one week prior to the hearing.

In addition to the requirement that notice be posted under Subparagraph (d), notice of the public hearing shall be mailed by the City at least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing by first class mail to the addresses to which real estate tax bills are sent for real property located within the area being rezoned, as evidenced by the tax records within the possession of the City.

Proposed subdivision, land development, and zoning ordinances and amendments shall not be enacted unless notice of proposed enactment is given in the manner set forth in this section, and shall include the time and place of the meeting at which passage will be considered, a reference to a place within the municipality where copies of the proposed ordinance or amendment may be examined without charge or obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof. The governing body shall publish the proposed ordinance or amendment once in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality not more than 60 days nor less than seven days prior to passage. Publication of the proposed ordinance or amendment shall include either the full text thereof or the title and a brief summary, prepared by the municipal solicitor and setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail. If the full text is not included:

In the event substantial amendments are made in the proposed ordinance or amendment, before voting upon enactment, City Council shall, at least 10 days prior to enactment re-advertise, in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, a brief summary setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail together with a summary of the amendments.

Subdivision, land development, and zoning ordinances and amendments may be incorporated into official ordinance books by reference with the same force and effect as if duly recorded therein.