A.   The council may from time to time, on its own motion, or on petition or on recommendation of the planning commission, amend, supplement or repeal the regulations and provisions of this title.

   B.   Every such proposed amendment or change, whether initiated by the council or by petition, shall be referred to the planning commission for report thereon before the public hearing provided for in subsection C of this section.

   C.   The council shall fix the time and place of a public hearing on proposed amendments and cause notice to be published not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the city. The notice shall state the general nature of the proposed amendments.

   D.   An amendment or rezoning may be initiated by a petition of interested property owners or authorized agents of such owners for rezoning of any land to a less restricted district; provided, that said land is adjacent to or directly across a street or alley from property which is already zoned in the same or less restricted zone as that to which said property is proposed to be zoned. (Ord. 1204, 2002: Ord. 1066 § 1, 1993: prior code § 11-14-4)