A request for amending this chapter in writing signed by the person requesting the changes and setting forth the nature of the requested changes and the reasons thereof shall be filed with the Secretary of the Township.

Such requests and requests initiated by the Township or the Planning Commission shall be referred by the Township Commissioners to the Planning Commission for study.

The Planning Commission may hold at least one public hearing pursuant to public notice in regard to the proposed amendment and, upon completion of its study, the Planning Commission shall present to the Township Commissioners its recommendation regarding the proposed amendment to this chapter.

The Township Commissioners shall hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment to this chapter pursuant to public notice. If after any public hearing held upon an amendment the proposed amendment is revised or further revised to include land previously not affected by it, the Township shall hold another public hearing pursuant to public notice before proceeding to vote on the amendment.

Public notices of proposed Zoning Chapter amendments shall include either the full text thereof or a brief summary setting forth the principal provisions in reasonable detail or reference to a place within the municipality where copies of the proposed chapter amendment may be examined in addition to the time and place of hearing.

The advertisement of the amendment to this chapter may consist solely of a reference to the place within the Township where copies of the amendment shall be obtainable for a charge not greater than the cost thereof and available for examination without charge.