The governing body 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 governing body.

(2)

On petition by property owners, by filing with the governing body a petition in writing, provided that such petition is duly signed and acknowledged by the owners or authorized agents of not less than fifty (50) percent of the area of land in which a change of classification is requested; and is accompanied by proposed changes properly typed and adequate maps indicating the changes.

No regulations or restrictions shall become effective:

(1)

Until after a public hearing at which parties in interest have an opportunity to be heard. A public hearing may be held by the mayor and board of aldermen. In such case notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published once a week in three (3) different weeks in the official journal. At least fifteen (15) days shall elapse between the first publication and the date of the hearing. In addition to notice by publication, and at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing, a good faith attempt to notify the owner or owners of record of the properties to be zoned or rezoned in municipal zoning shall be made by the sending of an official notice by regular mail of the time and place of the hearing and subject matter of the regulations and restrictions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, when more than ten (10) parcels are to be zoned or rezoned by enactment of a zoning ordinance, the advertisement in the official journal required herein shall be considered adequate notice to the property owners.

(2)

A final yea and nay vote shall have been taken on the proposal by the governing body within ninety (90) days dated from the original action of the said body, or from the final filing of the petition of property owners or owners in correct form.

The regulations, restrictions and boundaries may, from time to time, be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed. In case, however, of a protest against a change duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty (20) percent or more, either of the areas of land (exclusive of streets and alleys) included in a proposed change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and two hundred (200) feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, the amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of three-fifths (⅗) of all the members of the legislative body of the municipality. The provisions of R.S. 33:4724 relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to public hearing and to all changes or amendment.

The provisions of this article do not apply in cases where there is a proposal to enact an entire new zoning ordinance, to change the text as a whole.

(Ord. No. 749, § 1, 4-12-1977)

Before any action shall be taken as provided in this section, 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 twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each text change and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each map change proposed or recommended, to cover the approximate cost of this procedure, and under no condition shall such sum or part thereof be refunded for failure of such changes to be adopted by the legislative body.

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 governing body in accordance with the above outlined procedure, then the governing body 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 final action on said petition.