The Village Board may from time to time, on its own motion or
on petition or on recommendation of the Village Planning Board, after
proper public notice and public hearing, amend, supplement or repeal
the regulations, provisions or boundaries of this chapter.
In the case of a proposed amendment which involves the reclassification
or transfer of any area to a less restrictive district, the Village
Board may require the petitioner to submit a development plan showing
the extent, location and character of proposed structures and uses.
The Village Board may require that such plan be modified to meet the
objections raised at any public hearing thereon or subsequent thereto,
and may qualify its approval of any such amendment by attaching a
special endorsement thereto. Within a period of six months from the
approval of such a provisional amendment, no building permit or certificate
of zoning compliance shall be issued for any property within the area
described by said amendment except in accordance with the approved
development plan and with all conditions and limitations placed thereon
by the Village Board or in accordance with the zoning regulations
applicable prior to the said reclassification action. Unless application
for a building permit for such special development is made within
six months from the Village Board's approval and unless development
of the area included in such development is commenced within a period
of one year after the Village Board's approval, said approval shall
be void and the zoning classification shall be as it was when the
petition for amendment was filed. All improvements in such district
shall be made in accordance with the plan as approved by the Village
Board.
A petition to amend, change or supplement the text of this chapter or any zoning district designated on the Zoning Map established herein shall be filed with the Village Clerk on forms obtained from his office and shall be transmitted by him to the Village Board. The fee shall be as provided in Chapter 144, Fees, of the Code of the Village of Lancaster.
The disposition of a petition for amendment by the Village Board
shall be final and disapproval or denial of the proposed amendment
shall void the petition. No new petition for an amendment which has
been previously denied by the Village Board shall be considered by
it, except for a vote to table or to receive and file, and no public
hearings shall be held on such amendment within a period of one year
from the date of such previous denial unless the Village Board shall
find that there have been substantial changes in the situation which
would merit a rehearing.
If a petition protesting any change is filed, see § 7-708
of the Village Law.
When holding a public hearing on changes, see § 7-706
of the Village Law.
