The Board of Trustees may, from time to time on its own motion, on petition or on recommendation of any board, agency or official of the Village, after public notice and hearing, amend, supplement, repeal or change the regulations and districts established under this chapter.

An amendment on motion or an amendment proposed to the Board of Trustees by any board, agency or official of the Village shall contain the information required in § 290-130 above. The Village Clerk shall be responsible for complying with the requirements as to notice in § 290-135 below.

On the making of a motion, on receipt of a petition or on receipt of a recommendation of any board, agency or official of the Village for a zoning amendment, the Board of Trustees may decide not to formally consider such amendment.

If any amendment is to be considered by the Board of Trustees, it shall be referred for review and report to the Planning Board, the Village Attorney, the Village Engineer, the Building Inspector, the Code Inspector and any other board, agency or official of the Village which the Board of Trustees deems appropriate. The Planning Board shall confer with any petitioner and assist such petitioner, where necessary, to place the amendment in the most appropriate form. Such conference and assistance shall not be deemed to constitute any commitment by the Planning Board as to its position on the advisability of the proposed amendment. After said conference, the petitioner shall be allowed to revise his petition and to provide copies of such revision to the Board of Trustees and to any board, agency or official to which the original proposed amendment was referred. The Village Attorney shall report to the Board of Trustees regarding the form of the proposed amendment. The Planning Board shall report to the Board of Trustees regarding the form and the advisability of the proposed amendment. Its report shall analyze the proposed amendment and shall state the Board's reasons for its recommendation, describing any conditions which it believes make the amendment advisable or not and specifically stating whether the amendment would or would not be in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. All such boards, agencies and officials shall have 45 days from the date of forwarding or from the date of revision by the petitioner, whichever is later, to submit reports. Failure of the Planning Board or other board, agency or official to report within 45 days shall be construed as approval of the proposed amendment. In no case shall this section restrict the right of an applicant to come before the Planning Board for an informal discussion and review prior to formal submission.

On receipt of the requested reports and any revised proposed amendment from an application or notification by the petitioner that no revision will be made, the Board of Trustees shall schedule and hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment.

Notice of the public hearing shall be published once in the official newspaper not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. A copy of the notice, with proof of such mailing, together with proof of notice in the official newspaper, shall be filed in the Village Clerk's office on or before the date of the public hearing. In the event that such amendment changes the district classification of land, the applicant shall cause notice by certified mail to owners of property within 500 feet of the perimeter of property to which such change applies to be mailed not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days prior to the required hearing, and, in addition, there shall be posted not later than 10 days nor more than 30 days prior to the hearing a notice of the proposed change upon the property to which such change applies, said notice to be visible from each public street abutting such property.

In accordance with the procedures of § 7-708, Subdivision 1, of the Village Law, in the event that a protest against such change is signed by the owners of 20% or more of the area of the land included in such proposed change or by the owners of 20% or more of the land immediately adjacent extending 100 feet therefrom or by the owners of 20% or more of the land directly opposite thereto and extending 100 feet from the street frontage of such opposite land, such amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of four members of the Board of Trustees.

The Village Clerk shall keep record copies of all Zoning Maps and text sections superseded by any amendment of this chapter.

Not less than 10 days prior to the public hearing, the Village Clerk shall send copies of the proposed amendment and notice of hearing of any amendment affecting property within 500 feet of the boundaries of any state park or parkway or village or town to the Regional State Park Commission having jurisdiction over such state park or parkway or to the Village or Town Clerk.

All petitions for amendment of this chapter, except those recommended by the Board of Trustees, by the Planning Board or other municipal board or agency of the Village, shall be accompanied by a fee in accordance with the Fee Schedule of the Village of New Hempstead.