An amendment, supplement, repeal or change to the regulations, districts and Zoning Map established under this chapter may be made by the Board of Trustees on its own motion or upon the receipt of a petition for a zoning amendment.
If the Board of Trustees decides to formally consider the amendment, a public hearing shall be held on the proposed amendment. The petitioner or applicant proposing the amendment shall be responsible for providing notice as described herein. Notice of the public hearing shall be printed in a paper of general circulation in the Village of Roslyn Harbor, and such notice shall be posted in the Village Hall at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing on amendments to Zoning Map. Written notice shall also be served by registered or certified mail upon all known property owners within a radius of 200 feet of the lot lines of the parcel and district in which and adjacent to which the amendment has been proposed, at least 10 days prior to such hearing. When the Village of Roslyn Harbor is among the owners of land within the two-hundred-foot radius, said written notice shall be served upon the Clerk of the Village of Roslyn Harbor.
A. 
Fifteen copies of the petition for an amendment to a regulation or districts established by this chapter shall be filed with the Village Clerk.
B. 
The petition shall be accompanied by a certified check, payable to the Village of Roslyn Harbor, for an amount specified in Article XIII of this chapter to cover the cost of expenses incidental thereto, excluding the cost of providing notice of the public hearing or hearings of said petition.
C. 
Contents of the petition:
(1) 
The name and address of petitioner or petitioners.
(2) 
Where applicable, the ownership of property on which a zone change is sought.
(3) 
The identity of property by tax map lot and block numbers, street address, by general description of the land (by metes and bounds, if necessary), its approximate dimensions, area and location on the street, with reference to readily ascertainable distances from known monuments, street corners, and/or by reference to filed maps or subdivision plats.
(4) 
Designation of the zone district classification or classifications in which the subject property is presently located, and the zone district classification to which petitioner seeks the requested change.
(5) 
The actual use and/or occupancy, if any, of the property at the time of filing the petition, and the intended use or purpose for which the change of zone is sought.
(6) 
Reference to the area maps showing the subject property, all lands within 200 feet of the area of land affected by the proposed change and all lands within 200 feet from the street frontage of land directly opposite the subject property, by lot and block numbers as shown on the Official Tax Map of the Village of Roslyn Harbor and the zone district or districts of said lands as they appear on the Zoning Map of the Village of Roslyn Harbor. Such area maps shall be accurate copies of the Official Tax Map of the Village as filed in the Nassau County Bureau of Assessment.
(7) 
The petitioner may also submit copies of a concept site plan along with petition, to inform the Board of Trustees how the petitioner would utilize the property if the amendment was adopted. If such a concept site plan is provided, it should show the following:
(a) 
The intended location and general size and description of the building or buildings, including the ground floor area, lot coverage, height of building and number of stories.
(b) 
The proposed number of units to be contained therein if a proposed use of the property is residential in nature and the proposed total floor area of the proposed use if the property is nonresidential.
(c) 
The planned grade.
(d) 
The proposed location of all off-street motor vehicle parking facilities.
(e) 
Proposed building setbacks.
(f) 
Proposed means of ingress and egress to driveways and parking areas.
(g) 
The proposed location of loading and unloading facilities of a nonresidential building.
(h) 
A zoning analysis showing how the structures and use on the concept site plan would comply with the amended zoning requested.
(8) 
Reasons for the relief sought, including the need for the change in zone, the proposed type of use or uses, the consistency between the Comprehensive Plan and the proposed change and the proposed operation thereof.
(9) 
Other information as the Board of Trustees or Planning Board shall require.
D. 
The petition shall be signed and acknowledged by the owner or owners of the subject property, whether individual, corporate, partnership, firm or association. It may be brought by the owner or by a contract vendee.
The Village Clerk shall keep record copies of all zoning maps and text sections superseded by any amendment of this chapter.
All petitions for an amendment to the districts established in this chapter shall be accompanied by a certified check or money order made payable to the Village of Roslyn Harbor in the amount specified in Article XIII of this chapter.