Any proposition for a change in the zoning ordinance may be
initiated by the Planning Commission, Council, or by request of the
owner of the property directly affected thereby. Any such request
by a property owner shall be submitted in writing, signed by the property
owner, to the City Clerk who shall file said request and forthwith
refer same to the Planning Commission.
The Planning Commission shall cause the City Clerk to give not
less than five (5) days notice to the following, by certified mail,
of the date, time, and place of the meeting at which it shall consider
any proposition for a change in the zoning ordinance, whether initiated
by the Council, the Planning Commission, or by request of the property
owner:
1. The property owner or owners who are directly affected by the proposed
change. A general change in regulations for the entire City or for
a particular zoning district shall not require notice to any property
owners.
2. The boards of education of the school districts.
3. The boards of trustees of the fire districts.
4. All owners of property within one hundred eighty-five (185) feet
of the property proposed to be rezoned, if the proposition is for
a specific zoning.
All notices to property owners as herein provided for shall
be directed to such property owners at their addresses as shown on
the tax records for said property in the City offices, or if no such
addresses are listed in the City offices, in the offices of the Department
of Revenue of St. Louis County. If no address of the property owner
is indicated in conjunction with the property in either the tax records
of the City or the Department of Revenue of St. Louis County, no notice
need be mailed to the property owner. In any event the failure of
any party entitled to notice hereunder to receive same shall not be
cause to invalidate any proceedings conducted under this Article.
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The Planning Commission shall consider each proposition for
a change in the zoning ordinance initiated by the Council or request
of the property owner and make its recommendations thereon to the
Council within eighty (80) days of the referral of said request to
the Planning Commission, unless the Council or the applicant agrees
to an extension of the time. The affirmative vote of the majority
of all members of the Planning Commission shall be required for any
favorable recommendation on any zoning change.
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Any change in the zoning ordinance against the recommendations
of the Planning Commission may be adopted by the Council only on the
affirmative vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the entire membership of
the Council. Any request for a change in the zoning ordinance initiated
by a property owner which has been denied by the Council may not be
resubmitted for a period of six (6) months from the date of such denial.
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All applications for a special use permit or similar permit, if such permits are authorized under the zoning ordinance, shall require the same procedure and be subject to the requirements of Section
9.01 of this Article as if such applications were for a change in zoning.
The Planning Commission shall have all powers and duties granted
and assigned to the Planning Commission and zoning commission under
Chapter 89, Missouri Revised Statutes, 1959, and such other powers
and duties granted and assigned to it by law or by ordinance.