An amendment, supplement, repeal or change to the regulations,
districts and zoning map established under this chapter may be made
by the City Council on its own motion or upon the receipt of a petition
for a zoning amendment.
The City Council may decide not to formally consider such amendment.
However, where petition is made by the owners of 50% or more of the
frontage in any district or a part thereof, as provided by § 83
of the General City Law, such consideration is mandatory.
Upon receipt of the Planning Board report on the proposed amendment,
and if the City Council 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 City of Yonkers at
least five days prior to the date of the hearing on amendments to
the 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 City of Yonkers is among the owners
of land within the two-hundred-foot radius, said written notice shall
be served upon the Director of Real Estate of the City of Yonkers.
Where required under § 239-m of the General Municipal Law
or by the Westchester County Administrative Code, notice shall also
be provided to the Westchester County Planning Board and/or the Clerk
of an abutting municipality in accordance with such regulations. Such
amendment shall also be referred to the Westchester County Planning
Board for its recommendation.
In addition to the provision of notice as described in §
43-165 of this chapter, the petitioner or applicant of a proposed amendment shall post signs in accordance with the provisions of §
43-156.
The City 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text sections superseded by any amendment of this chapter.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 City of Yonkers in the amount specified in Article
XVI of this chapter.