The Winnsboro town council may, from time to time, amend, supplement, or change the regulations, restrictions, or boundaries herein or subsequently established. Such amendments may be initiated:

[1.]

By action of the legislative body, or by action of the planning and zoning commission; or

[2.]

On petition by property owners, by filing with the legislative body through the planning commission, a petition in writing which conforms with the standards and requirements of the planning commission, provided that such petition is duly signed and acknowledged by the owners or authorized agents of not less than fifty (50) per cent of the area of land in which a change of classification is requested.

No amendment shall become effective unless it is first submitted for approval, disapproval, or suggestions to the municipal planning and zoning commission.

If the planning commission within sixty (60) days of such submission disapproved the amendment, it shall require a majority vote of the membership of the town council to become effective. Failure of the planning commission to either approve or disapprove the amendment within ninety (90) days of its submission shall be deemed approval.

No amendment shall become effective until:

1.

Review of the amendment by the planning and zoning commission as discussed above.

2.

There shall have been a public hearing in relation thereto before the legislative body, at which time interested citizens and parties shall have had an opportunity to be fully heard.

3.

Notice of the proposed change and of the time and place of the public hearing shall have been published once a week for three weeks in the official journal of the town. At least twenty (20) days shall elapse between the first publication and the date of the hearing.

4.

A final yea or nay vote shall have been taken on the proposal by the legislative body within ninety (90) days dated from the original action of the legislative body, or from the final filing of the petition of property owners or owner in correct form.

5.

The provisions of this section do not apply in cases where there is a proposal to enact an entire new ordinance, to change the text as a whole, or to change all the Official Zoning Map, or both, in which event the procedure set out in R.S. 33:4721-33:4732 shall be followed.

6.

The planning and zoning commission shall not consider any future petition requesting a change or amendment within six (6) months of the date of a prior petition to the planning and zoning commission for the same change or amendment.

7.

No person shall be deemed to be a party to a petition unless his ownership interest appears on record according to the recording laws of Louisiana, or he is retained as legal counsel for the petitioners.

A fee of twenty-five [dollars] ($25.00) due and payable at the time of filing of petition shall be posted with request to amend the zoning ordinance; said fee to be used by the Town of Winnsboro to defray costs resulting from such petition and any subsequent amendment to the zoning ordinance.

A sample application form to be used with rezoning requests is attached in the Appendix to this ordinance.