[Ord. No. 755 Exhibit B § 405.420, 10-13-1997]
The Board of Trustees 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 mandatory 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 be the best advantage of the entire community, and the uses to which property is devoted at the time of the adoption of such mandatory order.
[Ord. No. 755 Exhibit B § 405.430, 10-13-1997]
A. 
This Chapter shall be amended in the following manner:
1. 
Amendments may be proposed by any citizen, organization or governmental body.
2. 
An application for an amendment to this Chapter shall be filed with the Administrative Officer in such form and accompanied by such information as required by the Administrative Officer. The Administrative Officer, upon acquiring an application for amendment, 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 Commission.
b. 
Board of Trustees.
3. 
A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the Village of Oak Grove, Missouri, for each application for an amendment to cover the costs of advertising and other administrative expenses involved. The Board of Trustees, Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment shall be exempt from this fee.
4. 
The Board of Trustees shall hold a public hearing on each application for an amendment at such time and place as shall be established by the Board of Trustees. The hearing shall be conducted and a record of such proceedings shall be preserved in such a manner as the Board of Trustees shall, by rule, prescribe from time to time.
5. 
Notice of time and place of such hearing shall be published at least once in a newspaper of local distribution not less than fifteen (15) days before such hearing. Supplemental or additional notices may be published or distributed by the Board of Trustees as may, by rule, prescribe from time to time.
6. 
The Planning Commission shall make written findings of fact and shall submit same together with its recommendations to the Board of Trustees prior to the public hearing. Where the purpose and effect of the proposed amendment is to change the zoning classification of particular property, the Planning Commission shall make findings based upon the evidence presented to it in each specific case with respect to the following matters:
a. 
Relatedness of the proposed amendment to goals and outlines of the long-range physical plan of the Village of Oak Grove, Missouri.
b. 
Existing uses of property within the general area of the property in question.
c. 
The zoning classification of property within the general area of the property in question.
d. 
The suitability of the property in question to the uses permitted under the existing zoning classification.
e. 
The trend of development, if any, in the general area of the property in question, including changes, if any, which have taken place in its present zoning classification.
7. 
The Board of Trustees shall not act upon a proposed amendment to the ordinance until it shall have received a written report and recommendation from the Planning Commission on the proposed amendment.
8. 
The Board of Trustees shall approve or deny the proposed amendment. If an application for such an amendment is not acted upon by the Board of Trustees within a ninety-day period following its initial submission, it shall be deemed to have been approved.
9. 
In case a protest against a revision or amendment is presented, 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 change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and one hundred eighty-five (185) feet distance from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, such revision or amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all of the members of the Board of Trustees.