The Board of Commissioners may, from time to time, after public notice and hearing, amend, supplement or change the regulations and districts herein established. Proceedings for an amendment may be initiated only as follows:
A. 
By the Board of Commissioners by the introduction of an amending ordinance.
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By the Planning Board by adoption of a resolution recommending an amendment.
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By public petition. When owners of more than 50% of the frontage within a district or part of a district shall present to the Board of Commissioners a duly signed petition for the amendment, change or modification of said district or part of district, the Board of Commissioners shall act upon said petition within 120 days after the filing of said petition with the Town Clerk. Said petition shall be accompanied by a map showing the lots, buildings and uses of property within the area for which the change of district is requested as well as all of the property within 100 feet therefrom, exclusive of street space. Said petition shall, furthermore, set forth the grounds or reasons for the proposed change.
A. 
Every resolution of intention to amend the Zoning Ordinance that is adopted by the Board of Commissioners and every petition for an amendment shall be referred to the Planning Board for report and recommendations.
B. 
In recommending the adoption of any proposed amendment, the Planning Board shall fully state its reason for such recommendation, describing any change in conditions, justifying the amendment and the manner in which the amendment would be in harmony with the Town of West New York's Master Plan. The Planning Board need not confine its recommendation to the proposed amendment as set forth in the petition or resolution but may revise the proposal if the Planning Board is of the opinion that such revision is in accord with the furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.
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The Planning Board shall report to the Board of Commissioners its recommendation with respect to any proposed amendment initiated by petition or resolution within a period of 45 days from and after the initiation of proceedings therefor. Failure to report within such period shall be deemed to be approval of the proposed amendment.
If a protest is filed against any proposed amendment or revision of a zoning ordinance, signed by the owners of 20% or more either of the area of the lots or land included in such proposed change or of the lots or land extending 200 feet in all directions therefrom, exclusive of street space, within or without the municipality, such amendment shall not become effective except by a favorable vote of 2/3 of all the members of the Board of Commissioners.
No amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal of any regulation, restriction or district boundary shall become effective until after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which the parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard.
The hearing by the Board of Commissioners on a proposed amendment or resolution shall be held on the petition or resolution as filed. Any further proposal in respect to any proposal made in connection therewith or any addition or modification of the content of the proposed amendment shall be made only in the form of an amended petition or resolution. The filing of any such amended petition or resolution shall terminate all proceedings consequent on the original petition or resolution and shall be deemed to be the initiation of new proceedings, which shall be conducted in full conformity with the provisions of this article as if the original petition or resolution had never been filed, except that a protest filed against the amendment as originally proposed shall be deemed to have been filed against the amendment as proposed in the amended petition to the extent that it is pertinent thereto.
Before adopting any amendment, the Board of Commissioners shall adopt a resolution setting forth the findings upon which it determined such amendment to be required by the public interest in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.
With the consent of the Board of Commissioners, any petition for an amendment may be withdrawn at any time by the filing of a verified petition of withdrawal signed by a majority of the persons who signed the original petition. Such withdrawal shall terminate the proceedings initiated by the original petition. Any proceedings for an amendment initiated by a resolution of the Board of Commissioners or the Planning Board may be terminated by the body that initiated the same at any time that such proceedings are before said body. In any event, any hearing of which notice has been given shall be held.
In furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article I, the Planning Board shall, at intervals of not greater than two years, report to the Board of Commissioners as to the necessity for a general revision of this chapter. If the Planning Board recommends such a revision, it shall describe the conditions which it believes indicate the desirability thereof, outlining in general the respects in which it is of the opinion that the chapter could be better adapted to such conditions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article I and shall indicate the scope of the revision that it believes to be advisable.