A.   The provisions of this title and land use district boundaries, shown upon the land use map, may from time to time be amended, modified, changed, repealed or supplemented by the city council.

   B.   Any such amendment shall be considered an amendment to the master plan and shall be accomplished in the manner required by Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 278. (1973 Code § 17.64.010)

Amendments and changes may be initiated in the following manner and by the following methods:

   A.   The planning commission, upon its own motion;

   B.   The city council, upon its own motion;

   C.   Any owner of a lot or parcel may request such amendment by filing with the planning commission a duly signed and verified application on the appropriate form and accompanied by the necessary fee. (1973 Code § 17.64.020)

   A.   Required: The planning commission shall hold a public hearing on all proposed amendments, regardless of the manner in which they were initiated, not more than twenty five (25) days following the initiating of proceedings.

   B.   Notice Of Hearing:

      1.   Contents: The notice shall describe the amendment or change proposed, the lot or parcel concerned, and other pertinent information so that the property and change can be identified readily.

      2.   Publication: Notice of time and place of such hearings shall be published in a newspaper of local circulation not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of said hearing. (1973 Code § 17.64.040)

      3.   Mail: When a change of land use district is applied for, the planning commission shall cause to be sent to the applicant and all property owners within a radius of three hundred feet (300') of the exterior limits of the properties proposed for reclassification, and to all owners within such area as is proposed for change, written notice of the time, place and date of a public hearing. Such notice shall be mailed not less than ten (10) days prior to the hearing date. (1973 Code § 17.64.030)

      4.   Additional Property: When the planning commission deems it necessary or expedient, it may consider other property for change, in addition to the property sought in the application, and may include such additional property in the notices of hearing and in determination. (1973 Code § 17.64.040)

   A.   Written Report: No more than thirty (30) days following the hearing, the planning commission shall file a written report with the city council recommending approval or denial of the proposed change or amendment.

   B.   Failure To Report: Failure of the planning commission to so report within the time limit shall be deemed a denial of the change or amendment.

   C.   Notice Of Recommendation: The commission shall send to the applicant, by registered mail, notice of the recommendation, to be mailed not more than three (3) days subsequent to the filing of the report with the city council. (1973 Code § 17.6.050)

The city council may uphold or reverse the planning commissions recommendation by a majority vote. (Ord. 325, 3-27-2000)