[Ord. No. 945, 2-11-2002]
The Town of Carrollton may, from time to time, in the manner hereinafter set forth, amend the regulations imposed in the districts created by this Chapter, amend district boundary lines, provided that in all amendatory orders adopted under the authority of this Section, due allowance shall be made for existing conditions, the conservation of property values, the direction of building development to the best advantage of the entire community, and the uses to which property is devoted at the time of the adoption of such amendatory order.
[Ord. No. 945, 2-11-2002; Ord. No. 1155 § 2, 11-3-2014]
A. 
This Chapter shall be amended in the following manner:
1. 
Amendments may be proposed by a citizen, entity, or governmental body.
2. 
All applications for an amendment to this Chapter shall be filed with the Town Clerk in such form and accompanied by such information as required by the Town Clerk. Upon receipt of an application for amendment, the Town Clerk shall transmit one (1) copy of such application, along with all pertinent data filed therewith, to the following agencies and/or legal entities for their review and written recommendations, protests, or comments:
a. 
Planning and Zoning Commission.
b. 
Town of Carrollton Utilities.
3. 
Advertising cost of public hearings, and administrative expenses shall be paid before any application for amendments to this Chapter will be processed. Any proposed amendment by the Town is exempt from this fee.
4. 
The Town Council shall hold a public hearing on each application for an amendment at such time and place as shall be established by the Town Council. The hearing shall be conducted and a record of such proceedings shall be preserved in such manner as the Town Council may prescribe from time to time.
5. 
Notice of time and place of such hearing shall be published in the official newspaper or a newspaper of general circulation in the Town not less than fifteen (15) days before such hearing. Supplemental or additional notices may be published or distributed as the Town Council may prescribe from time to time.
6. 
The Town Council may approve or deny the proposed amendment. In case, however, of a protest against such 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 one hundred eighty-five (185) feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, such amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the members of the Town Council.