These zoning regulations, restrictions and boundaries may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed upon approval of an ordinance by the city council. Such ordinance shall include, when applicable, an amendment to the comprehensive land use plan of the city.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(A), adopted 3/22/1993)
An amendment to this chapter may be initiated by:
(1) 
City council on its own motion;
(2) 
Planning and zoning commission; or
(3) 
Request by the owner or agent of owner of the property to be changed.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(B), adopted 3/22/1993)
All requests for amendments to zoning district boundaries shall be submitted, together with required fees, to the city enforcement officer, which officer shall cause notices to be sent and the petition placed on the planning and zoning commission agenda. The city council may not enact any proposed amendment until planning and zoning commission makes its final report to the city council. The city council may refer proposed amendments to the planning and zoning commission for recommendation. Requests for changes in zoning districts shall include the proposed designation or designations for the area concerned. Alternative proposals may be made.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(C), adopted 3/22/1993)
Before any request for amendments to zoning district boundaries will be heard by the planning and zoning commission or the city council, application for such amendment shall be made and duly filed by the property owner or authorized agent upon the forms prescribed by the city. Such application shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) 
The name, address, and phone numbers of the property owner;
(2) 
The name, address, and phone numbers of the owner's agent, if applicable;
(3) 
The legal description of the property;
(4) 
A brief description of the reason for the zoning change and the proposed use of the property;
(5) 
The required number of copies of a current boundary survey, plat, or plan of the property.
The applicant must provide proof of ownership of the property, or a letter from the owner of the property granting the applicant permission to request the zoning change.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(D), adopted 3/22/1993)
Every application for a zoning district change shall be accompanied by a filing fee in an amount sufficient to defray the actual cost of processing the application. Such application fee shall be based upon average current cost to the city and shall be established by ordinance of the city council.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(E), adopted 3/22/1993)
The city enforcement officer shall have at least one sign erected on the property to be rezoned which sign shall have a total area of at least four square feet. Such sign or signs shall, if possible, be located adjacent to streets. Such sign shall be erected on or before the first date of the first notice to property owners and shall be removed immediately after final action by the city council or when the applicant withdraws the request, whichever comes first. The erection or continued maintenance of signs shall not be deemed a condition precedent to the granting of any zone change or the holding of any public hearing.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(F), adopted 3/22/1993)
Before acting upon any application for amendment to zoning district boundaries, the planning and zoning commission shall hold a public hearing. Notice of such hearing shall be sent to all owners of real property lying within 200 feet of the property on which the change is requested or proposed. The notice of public hearing shall be given to each taxpayer as the ownership appears on the last approved city tax roll by depositing such notice, properly addressed and postage paid, in the United States Post Office, not less than ten days before the date set for a public hearing before the planning and zoning commission. When any such amendment relates to a change of a zoning regulation or to the text of this chapter not affecting specific property, notice of public hearing of the planning and zoning commission shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of the city without the necessity of notifying property owners by mail. Such notice shall state the time and place of such hearing and the nature of the subject to be considered. Such notice shall be published not less than ten days prior to the public hearing. (See appendix E which is on file in the city secretary's office.)
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(G), adopted 3/22/1993)
The planning and zoning commission shall determine whether a proposed change in zoning district boundaries or amendment is in compliance with the comprehensive land use plan of the city, and, after the public hearing is closed, shall vote on its recommendation on the proposed change, and report such recommendation to the city council. Such report may recommend approval or denial of the proposed change and may, but need not, include reasons for such decision. The commission may defer its report for not more than 60 days until it has had opportunity to consider other proposed changes which may have a direct bearing thereon. If the commission fails to report after 60 days, it shall be deemed to have recommended negatively to the proposal. Unless appealed to the city council by the applicant, denial of the request by the planning and zoning commission shall be final ten days from the date of the action by the commission.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(H), adopted 3/22/1993)
Every proposal receiving final approval by the commission shall be forwarded to the city council for consideration. No change recommended by the commission shall become effective until approved by an ordinance passed by the city council.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(I), adopted 3/22/1993)
Any proposal or application may be withdrawn by the applicant after the commission makes its final report, and such proposal or application shall not be subject to the provision herein that a time period must pass before a new application is considered. If such proposal is withdrawn, the city council shall not consider it.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(J), adopted 3/22/1993)
The city council may from time to time amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal by ordinance the boundaries of the zoning districts or the regulations herein established. Before acting on any application for amendment to zoning district boundaries or proposed amendment to these zoning regulations, the city council shall hold a public hearing, notice of which shall be published at least one time in the official newspaper of the city not less than 15 days prior to the date of such hearing. Such notice shall state the time and place of the public hearing and the nature of the change to be considered.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(K), adopted 3/22/1993)
No application for rezoning shall be considered within six months of the denial of a request for the same classification on the same property.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(L), adopted 3/22/1993)
In case of a protest against such change signed by the owners of 20 percent or more either of the land included in such proposed change, or of the land within 200 feet thereof, such amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of three-fourths of all the members of the city council.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(M), adopted 3/22/1993)
The applicant for any zoning district change shall affirm to the city council that either the general welfare of the city will be enhanced by the proposed change, or that the property is unusable for the purposes allowed under existing zoning. If such is proved to the city council's satisfaction, it may grant the requested zoning district change, or it may change the zoning designation of a portion of such property, or it may initiate a request to consider changing all or a portion of such property to a zoning district other than that requested.
(Ordinance 1874, art. 2, § 200(N), adopted 3/22/1993)