Wheatland City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
Amendment Procedure
§ 130-76 Authority of legislative body to amend.
The municipal legislative body may from time to time, on its own motion, on petition or on recommendation of the Planning Board, amend, supplement or repeal the regulations and provisions of this chapter, including the Zoning Map, after public notice and hearing, in accordance with state law.
§ 130-77 Petitions for amendments.
A.
Petitions for amendments shall be submitted in quadruplicate to the Municipal Clerk with an application fee as set by the Town Board.
B.
Any petition for a change in the Zoning Map shall include the following:
(1)
The name of the property owner.
(2)
A map, accurately drawn to an appropriate scale, showing the proposed zone district boundary changes, property lines, the calculated areas affected in acres or square feet, the street rights-of-way in the immediate vicinity and the lands and names of owners immediately adjacent to and extending within 100 feet of all boundaries of the property to be rezoned.
(3)
A metes and bounds description of the proposed amendment.
§ 130-78 Public hearing; required referrals and notices.
A.
The municipal legislative body, by resolution adopted at a stated meeting, shall fix the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed amendments and cause notice to be given.
B.
Every such proposed amendment or change, whether initiated by the municipal legislative body or by petition, shall be referred to the Planning Board for report before the public hearing is held thereon.
C.
Proposed amendments that must be referred to the Monroe County Department of Planning under the provisions of § 239-m of Article 12-B of the General Municipal Law shall be transmitted as soon as possible and in any case prior to the public hearing.
D.
The municipal legislative body may require a petitioner to give additional forms of public notice or notice to adjacent property owners.
§ 130-79 Decision; marking and recording of change.
A.
The municipal legislative body shall reserve decision on all zoning amendments or changes that must be referred to the Monroe County Department of Planning until its report has been presented, provided that such report is presented within a period of 30 days after the Monroe County Department of Planning receives such referral.
B.
Upon adoption of a change in the Zoning Map pursuant to a petition, the petitioner shall cause a monument to be placed at one location on the property's street frontage and shall also file with the Municipal Clerk and the Building Inspector copies of an accurate survey description and drawing of the area affected by such amendment.