(a)

Interested Persons. Any interested person may initiate the consideration of an amendment to this ordinance by submitting the proposed amendment to the Z&PC together with any required filing fee and any information and materials the Z&PC may require.

(b)

City Bodies. The City Council, the ZBA, other boards and commissions of the City and the officers and employees of the City acting in their official capacities may also initiate the consideration of amendments to this ordinance by submitting them to the Z&PC together with any information and materials the Z&PC may require.

(c)

Z&PC Initiation. The Z&PC may initiate the consideration of a proposed amendment on its own motion.

(a)

State Law Procedures. In connection with the adoption of any proposed amendment to this ordinance, the Z&PC and the City Council shall comply with state law with regard to procedure and hearings.

(b)

Legislative Proceedings. The extent and type of consideration given to any proposed amendment is purely within the legislative discretion of the Z&PC or the City Council, as the case may be, and no amendment is guaranteed any particular degree or type of consideration.

The number of votes on the City Council required to approve an amendment is determined by the City Charter, except that, when the number of written protests required by section 211.006(d) of the Texas Local Government Code (Vernon's 1988) or any successor statute, is received with respect to a given amendment subject to such statute, the number of votes required to approve the given amendment is determined by such statute.