Article 16-AmendmentARTICLE 16. AMENDMENT
SECTION 1601 GENERAL
The City Council may from time to time supplement, change or generally revise the boundaries or
regulations contained in this Ordinance by amendment. A proposal for such amendment may be
initiated by the City Council, Planning Commission or upon application of the owner of the property
affected. The applicant shall pay and the application must be accompanied by a non-refundable
application fee. Said fee shall be set and determined from time to time as deemed necessary by the
Mayor and City Council by resolution, and shall be appended to the Municipal Code as part of an
appendix for permit, license, and application fees.
Any revisions of boundaries, changes in zoning or appending of special districts shall be allowed only
to entire and complete lots or tracts of land and shall not be granted to partial or portions of lots and
tracts of land.
SECTION 1602 SUBMISSION TO PLANNING COMMISSION
All such proposed amendments shall first be submitted to the Planning Commission for
recommendation and report. Upon the development of tentative recommendations, the Planning
Commission shall hold a public hearing thereon and shall cause an accurate written summary to be
made of the proceedings, and shall give notice in like manner as that required for the original zoning
recommendations. Such notice shall fix the time and place for such hearing and contain a statement
regarding the proposed changes in regulations or restrictions or in the boundary of any district.
If such proposed amendment is not a general revision of an existing provision of this Ordinance and
will affect specific property, it shall be designated by legal description and general street location and
in addition to such publication notice, written notice of such proposed amendment shall be mailed to
all owners of lands located within three hundred (300) feet of the area proposed to be altered and an
opportunity granted to interested parties to be heard.
Written notices shall be mailed to all owners of land within three hundred (300) feet of the property.
Adjacent land owners shall have ten days from the date of notification to notify the City Administrator
of any protests which they may have concerning the application.
A "Zoning Action Pending" sign will be posted on the front yard of the property under consideration
for a zoning change at least ten (10) days prior to the public hearings of the Planning Commission and
City Council. Failure to receive such notice shall not invalidate any subsequent action taken. Such
notice shall be considered sufficient to permit the Planning Commission to recommend amendments
to regulations which affect only a portion of the land described in the notice or which give all or any
part of land described a zoning classification of lesser change than that set forth in the notice;
provided, that recommending a zoning classification of a greater change than that set forth in the
notice shall not be valid without republication and, where necessary, remailing.
City of Blair Zoning Regulations Article 16, page 1
SECTION 1603 AMENDMENT CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION
The procedure for the consideration and adoption of any such proposed amendments shall be in like
manner as that required for the consideration and adoption of this Ordinance except hereinbefore or
hereinafter modified. For action on zoning amendments, a quorum of the Planning Commission is
more than one-half (1/2) of all members. A vote either for or against an amendment by a majority of
all the Planning Commission is more than one-half (1/2) of all the members. A vote either for or
against an amendment by a majority of all the Planning Commission members present constitutes a
recommendation of the commission; whereas a vote either for or against an amendment by less than a
majority of the Planning Commission present constitutes a failure to recommend.
When the Planning Commission submits a recommendation of approval or disapproval of such
amendment, the City Council, if it approves such recommendation, may either adopt such
recommendation by Ordinance or take no further action thereon as appropriate. In the event the
Planning Commission submits a failure to recommend, the City Council may take such action as it
deems appropriate. If such amendment shall affect the boundaries of any district, the Ordinance shall
define the change or the boundary as amended, shall order the Official Zoning Map to be changed to
reflect such amendment and shall amend the section of the Ordinance incorporating the same and
reincorporate such Map as amended.
SECTION 1604 PROTEST
Regardless of whether or not the Planning Commission approves or disapproves a proposed zoning
amendment or fails to recommend, if a protest against such amendment be filed in the office of the
City Clerk prior to hearing thereon before the City Council, duly signed and acknowledged by the
owners of twenty percent (20%) or more of any real property proposed to be rezoned or by the
owners of twenty percent (20%) of the total area excepting public streets and ways, located within or
without the corporate limits of the municipality and located within three hundred (300) feet of
boundaries of the property proposed to be rezoned, the Ordinance adopting such amendment shall not
be passed except by at least three-fourths (3/4) vote of all members of the City Council.
(END OF SECTION)
City of Blair Zoning Regulations Article 16, page 2