1-13 POWER OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO AMEND ORDINANCE 1
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The City Council may amend the number, shape, boundaries,
or area of any district. It may amend any regulation or any other provision of the zoning ordinance.
2. The City Council may not make any amendment authorized by this section unless the amendment was proposed by the Planning Commission or is first submitted to the planning commission for its approval, disapproval, or recommendation.
3. The City Council, after a Planning Commission public hearing and a review of their recommendation may;
a. Adopt the zoning ordinance as proposed; or
b. Amend the zoning ordinance and adopt or reject the zoning ordinance as recommended by the Planning Commission; or
c. Reject the ordinance.
4. Any zoning amendments disapproved by the Planning Commission may be considered by the City Council upon a filing, in writing, by the applicant, of a Notice of Application with the City Recorder within 10 days after the final decision denying the zoning amendments is made by the Planning Commission. Such notice shall set forth in detail the action and grounds upon which the applicant is aggrieved by the decision of the Planning Commission After receiving the notice, a date for a public hearing shall be set and notice given pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
5. Disapproval of a zoning amendment application shall prelude the filing of another application to rezone the same parcel of property, or any portion thereof to the same zone classification
within one year of the date of the final disapproval of the application, unless the Planning Commission finds that there has been a substantial change in the circumstances or sufficient new evidence since the disapproval of the application to merit consideration of a second application within one-year time period. If the Applicant feels there has been substantial change in circumstances, or sufficient new evidence, a letter requesting reconsideration of the application must be submitted to the Planning Commission setting forth the basis for the request. No appeal may be taken from a Planning Commission decision rendered pursuant to this subsection.