§ 14.09. Amendments.

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Authority. The regulations imposed and the districts created under the authority of this ordinance may be amended from time to time, by ordinance in accordance with applicable statutes of the State of Illinois. An amendment shall be granted or denied by the City Council only after public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Board and a report of its findings and recommendations has been submitted to the City Council.

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Initiation of Amendment. Amendments may be proposed by the City Council, by the Planning and Zoning Board, other governmental bodies, or by any resident of or owner of property within the jurisdictional limits of this ordinance.

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Processing. An application for an amendment shall be filed with the City Clerk and thereafter introduced into the City Council. Such application shall be forwarded from the City Council to the Planning and Zoning Board, with a request to hold a public hearing. Notice shall be given of the time and place of the hearing, not more than 30 nor less than 15 days before the hearing, by publishing a notice thereof at least once in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within Pontiac.

The Planning and Zoning Board shall hold the public hearing and forward its recommendations in the form of a written report, to the City Council within forty-five (45) days of the date the petition was submitted to the Planning and Zoning Board, unless it is withdrawn by the petitioner.

In cases of a written protest against any proposed amendment of the regulations or districts, signed and acknowledged by the owners of 20 percent of the frontage proposed to be altered, or by the owners of 20 percent of the frontage immediately adjoining or across an alley therefrom, or by the owners of 20 percent of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered, is filed with the Clerk of the municipality, the amendment shall not be passed except by a favorable vote of two-thirds of all of the aldermen of the City of Pontiac. Any proposed amendment which fails to receive the approval of a majority of the Planning and Zoning Board members and is so reported, shall not be passed by the City Council except by a favorable vote of two-thirds of all the aldermen of the City of Pontiac.

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Decisions. The City Council, upon report of the Planning and Zoning Board and without further public hearing, may grant or deny any proposed amendment in accordance with applicable statutes of the State of Illinois, or may refer it back to the Planning and Zoning Board for further consideration.

(Ord. No. 2000-O-030, § 3, 9-18-00)