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Text Amendments
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Amendments to the text of this zoning chapter may be initiated by the Village Board, any Village Trustee, the Plan Commission or the Community Development Director.
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The Community Development Director must review the proposed zoning chapter text amendment and prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Plan Commission and Village Board.
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Proposed zoning chapter text amendments must be referred to the Plan Commission. Following its review of the proposed text amendment, the Plan Commission must act to recommend that the proposed text amendment be approved, approved with modifications, or denied. The Plan Commission's recommendation must be transmitted to the Village Board.
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Notice of the Village Board's public hearing on a zoning chapter text amendment must be published in accordance with the Class 2 notice requirements of Ch. 985, Wis. Stats.
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(a) 
Upon receipt of the Plan Commission's recommendation, the Village Board must hold a public hearing on the proposed text amendment. Following the close of the public hearing, the Village Board must act to approve, approve with modifications or deny the proposed text amendment. If the Plan Commission's recommendation has not been forwarded to the Village Board within 60 days of referral of the proposed text amendment to the Plan Commission, the Village Board may hold the required hearing and take action without receipt of the recommendation.
(b) 
If the Village Board does not take final action on a proposed zoning text amendment application within 90 days of the Village Board's public hearing, the amendment application is deemed to have been denied. This deemed-denied provision does not apply when the application is referred back to staff or the Plan Commission after the public hearing is held.
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Zoning chapter text amendments are legislative decisions of the Village Board based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare. In acting on zoning chapter text amendments, the Village Board must give due consideration to existing conditions, conservation of property values, building development providing best advantage to the Village and the current use of property.