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Map Amendments
Amendments to the official Zoning Map may be initiated by the Village Board or filed by an eligible applicant or an eligible applicant's authorized agent. (See § 90-510.40.)
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Before filing a Zoning Map amendment application, the applicant or the applicant's authorized agent must meet with the Community Development Director to discuss the proposed amendment and the applicable procedures.
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The Community Development Director must review the proposed Zoning Map amendment and prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Plan Commission and Village Board.
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(a) 
Published. Notice of the Village Board's public hearing on a Zoning Map amendment must be published in accordance with the Class 2 notice requirements of Ch. 985, Wis. Stats.
(b) 
Mailed. Public hearing notices must be mailed to all of the following at least 10 days before the Village Board's public hearing:
(1) 
The subject property owner; and
(2) 
All owners of property within 300 feet of the subject property.
(c) 
Posted. Public hearing notice signs must be posted in accordance with the posted notice sign provisions of § 90-510.70.
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Proposed Zoning Map amendments must be referred to the Plan Commission for consideration in a public meeting. Following review of the proposed Zoning Map amendment, the Plan Commission must act to recommend that the proposed Zoning Map amendment be approved, approved with modifications, or denied. The Plan Commission's recommendation must be transmitted to the Village Board.
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Upon receipt of the Plan Commission's recommendation, the Village Board must hold a public hearing on the proposed Zoning Map amendment. Following the close of the public hearing, the Village Board must act to approve, approve with modifications (e.g., reducing the land area involved in the rezoning or recommending another less intensive zoning classification) or deny the proposed Zoning Map amendment. If the Plan Commission's recommendation has not been forwarded to the Village Board within 60 days of referral of the proposed Zoning Map amendment to the Plan Commission, the Village Board may hold the required hearing and take action without receipt of the recommendation.
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Zoning Map 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 a Zoning Map amendment, the Village Board must give due consideration to existing conditions, conservation of property values, building development providing best advantage to the Village, the current use of property the cost of providing municipal services to the property and uses served by the Zoning Map amendment.
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If the Village Board denies a proposed Zoning Map amendment, no Zoning Map amendment application requesting the same or more intensive zoning for the subject property may be filed for or accepted for processing by the Village for one year from the date of final action by the Village Board unless the Village Board expressly acts to deny the previous application without prejudice or the new application is substantially different than the one that was denied.