Amendments To Change Zoning District Boundaries. The City of Versailles Board of Aldermen from time to time may supplement, change, modify or repeal the boundaries or regulations contained in zoning regulations by amendment. The Board of Aldermen or the Planning and Zoning Commission may initiate a proposal for such amendment. If such proposed amendment is not a general revision of the existing regulations and affects specific property, the amendment may be initiated by application of the owner of property affected. Applications for special use permits shall be considered by the same procedure as zoning district amendments.

Applications. Any party desiring any change in zoning district boundaries or regulations contained in this zoning ordinance, as to any lot, tract or area of land, shall file with the City Clerk an application, and such application shall be accompanied by such data and information as prescribed in these regulations.

Filing Deposit And Fee. For the purpose of wholly or partially defraying the costs of the proceedings prescribed herein, including publication costs, the applicant, upon the filing of the application, shall pay to the City Clerk a deposit in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Promptly upon the filing of any such application, the City Clerk shall refer the application to the Planning and Zoning Commission for study and recommendation and shall report to the Board of Aldermen concerning the nature of the application and that said application has been referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The City Clerk shall refund the amount of the deposit to the applicant, less the actual costs incurred by the City, upon a written finding of the Zoning Officer that a refund is due to the applicant at the conclusion of all proceedings of the application.

Public Hearing Of Planning And Zoning Commission. All such proposed amendments first shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for recommendation. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing thereon within ninety (90) days of receiving the proposed amendment. At any public hearing held to consider a proposed rezoning, an opportunity shall be granted to interested parties to be heard.

Recommendations. A majority of a quorum of the Planning and Zoning Commission at the hearing may recommend approval or denial of the amendment to the Board of Aldermen. If the Planning and Zoning Commission fails to make a recommendation on a rezoning request within sixty (60) days of submission, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be deemed to have made a recommendation of disapproval.

Public Hearing Of The Board Of Aldermen. When the Planning and Zoning Commission submits a recommendation of approval or disapproval of such amendment and the reasons therefore, the Board of Aldermen shall:

Notice Of Public Hearing Of The Board Of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen shall give at least fifteen (15) days' notice of the time and place of such hearing. Such notice shall be published in an official paper or a paper of general circulation in the City of Versailles. Such notice shall fix the time and place for such hearing and contain a statement regarding the proposed changes in regulations or restrictions or in the boundary or classification of any zone or district. If such proposed amendment is not a general revision of the existing regulations and affects specific property, the property shall be designated by legal description or a general description sufficient to identify the property under consideration. At any public hearing held to consider a proposed rezoning, an opportunity shall be granted to interested parties to be heard. The Board of Aldermen may adopt such recommendation by ordinance or not adopt such recommendation.

Protest. In case, however, of a protest against such change is filed in the office of the City Clerk prior to adoption of such ordinance by the Board of Aldermen, 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 three-fourths (¾) of all the members of the Board of Aldermen.