[Ord. No. 51, 7-14-1955]
A. 
The Board of Aldermen may, upon request by the owner or owners of the property affected, after due public notice and hearings thereon, at which hearings parties in interest and citizens shall have opportunity to be heard as provided herein, amend, change, restrict or extend the boundaries of the various districts established herein. Before taking any action upon any proposed amendment, modification, change, restriction or extension, or change of the "Zoning Code", the same shall be referred by the Board of Aldermen to the Board of Zoning Adjustment, which Board, after due public notice and hearing, shall submit a report to the Board of Aldermen containing its recommendation thereon.
B. 
In the case of a protest against any zoning change, duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of thirty percent (30%) or more either of the areas of the land (exclusive of streets and alleys) included in such proposed change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and three hundred eighty-five (385) feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, such amendment shall not become effective except by a favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members of the Board of Aldermen.
C. 
If, by amendment of this Chapter, any area is hereafter transferred to another district of higher classification by a change in the district boundaries, a building or use, lawfully existing in such transferred area at the time of such amendment, may be continued in the district to which it is transferred as a non-conforming building or use.
[Ord. No. 51, 7-14-1955]
A. 
Any request for a change in zoning of any district or area, or any boundary lines therein (as distinguished from a variance or modification, in a specific case, of the application of any of the rules or regulations or provisions of this Chapter relating to the construction or alteration of buildings or structures, or to the use of land because of practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships, by way of appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment) shall be submitted to the Board of Aldermen with a ten dollar ($10.00) fee. The Board of Aldermen, in considering such matter, shall give due public notice and hearing in relation thereto, such hearing to be conducted by the Board of Zoning Adjustment, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard.
B. 
All requests for rezoning must be signed by the owner or owners of the property or an agent who has been duly authorized in writing to act for the owner or owners, and if by agent, a verified copy of his/her agency shall be filed with the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 51, 7-14-1955]
Whenever the Board of Zoning Adjustment, after hearing all the evidence presented upon appeal or application for a use change, or any request for a variance or modification, denies the same or refuses to recommend to the Board of Aldermen the passage of an ordinance making such use change, the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall refuse to hold further hearings on a renewed application for the same appeal or use change, or any request for a variance or modification, by the same applicant or applicants, their successors or assigns, for a period of twelve (12) months from and after the denial thereof or the refusal to recommend to the Board of Aldermen the passage of an ordinance making such use change, except and unless the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall find and determine from the information supplied by a request for a rehearing that changed conditions have occurred relating to the promotion of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity, and general welfare, and that a reconsideration is justified. If the rehearing is denied, the case shall not be resubmitted for at least one (1) year from the date of the original action by the Board of Zoning Adjustment.