1. The following procedures shall be followed in all applications to rezone property within the corporate limits of the City of Republic, Missouri:
   1. Printed application blanks for rezoning shall be supplied to the applicant by the Community Development Department. A person or entity can file an application for rezoning only if they own the property or are under a contract for the purchase of said property or have an ownership interest in said property. The City shall charge a processing fee, as provided for in the fee schedule found in Section 805.050, plus publication cost and cost of postage for notification of property owners within one hundred eighty-five (185) feet upon receipt of an application for rezoning property in the City.
   2. Applicant must complete an application and provide the Community Development Department a list obtained from the County Assessor's Office for property owners lying within one hundred eighty-five (185) feet and must submit such application to the Community Development Department.
   3. The Community Development Department shall forthwith submit the application to the Planning and Zoning Commission and shall cause a notice to be published in a local newspaper of a public hearing to be held at the next regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the zoning application as well as a notice of the date on which the City Council will meet and consider such application. Both such notices must be published at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearings.
   4. Applicant may appear at the Planning and Zoning Commission hearing and the meeting of the City Council to answer questions with regard to the application and to explain his/her rezoning proposal.
   5. Such regulations, restrictions and boundaries may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed. In case, however, of a protest against such change duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of thirty percent (30%) or more, either of the areas of the land (exclusive of streets and alleys) included in such proposed change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and one hundred eighty-five (185) feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, such amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the members of the City Council. The provisions of Section 89.050, RSMo., relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments.
   6. After the public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall make its final report and recommendation to the City Council on its findings from the public hearing and the City Council shall take no action on the application until such report or recommendation is submitted.
2. (Reserved)
3. Land use regulations, ordinances and restrictions may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed. The provisions of Section 89.050, RSMo., relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments.
4. There shall be a ninety (90) day waiting period for a rezoning request of the same zoning district that has been previously denied by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. The ninety (90) days shall start from the day the request was denied by the City Council.

[CC 1999 §26-8; Ord. No. 03-80 §1, 11-24-2003; Ord. No. 04-19 §1, 3-8-2004; Ord. No. 04-64 §1, 10-11-2004; Ord. No. 07-15 §1, 3-12-2007]