Rawlins City Zoning Code

Amendments to this title shall require the following action before adoption:

A.

Certification of any proposed amendments by the planning commission, following a public hearing before the commission after at least fifteen days' notice of the time and place of the hearing shall have been given by at least one publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the city;

B.

Completion of a public hearing before the city council after at least fifteen days' notice of the time and place of the hearing shall have been given by at least one publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the city; and

C.

Approval by official vote of a majority of the city council.

(Ord. No. 9-89(part); Ord. No. 3A-93, 3-15-1994; Ord. No. 3a-94, 3-15-1994)

A.

An amendment, rezoning or map change may be initiated by:

1.

The City Council;

2.

The Planning & Zoning Commission;

3.

The City Manager; or

4.

A petition of interested property owners or authorized agents of the owners, for rezoning, of any land to a less restricted district; provided that the 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 the property is proposed to be rezoned.

B.

Any proposed zone changes shall not be detrimental to adjacent property or development and shall be in compliance with the Comprehensive Master Plan land use policy as determined by the governing bodies.

(Ord. No. 05A-2015, 5-19-2015)

C.

An application to amend this title or map shall be submitted to the City Council and the Planning Commission for review and processing as outlined under Section 19.80.010. The applicant shall include a fee in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of advertising and processing, the amount to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Planning Commission.

D.

A legal protest against the application would be in effect if signed by the owners of twenty percent or more either of the area of the lots included in the proposed change, or of those immediately adjacent in the rear thereof extending one hundred forty feet therefrom, or, in case any alley separates the lots from the lots to the rear thereof, then the area for a distance of one hundred forty feet from the street frontage of the opposite lots, the amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of three-fourths of all members of the legislative body of the municipality.

(Ord. No. 9-89(part); Ord. No. 3A-94, 3-15-1994; Ord. No. 10D-94, 10-4-1994)

If an application for an amendment to this zoning title or map is denied new application for the same zoning change affecting the same property or use shall not be eligible for reconsideration for six months after the denial.

(Ord. No. 9-89(part); Ord. No. 3a-94, 3-15-1994; Ord. No. 3A-93, 3-15-1994)