These regulations may be amended by changing the boundaries of the zoning districts or by changing any other provision thereof whenever the public necessity and general welfare require such amendment.
Application for Amendment
An application for amendment may be initiated by the City Council, the Planning Commission, or by one or more owners or lessees of land affected by a proposed amendment. Such application must be filed with the City Clerk seven (7) or more days prior to the date of the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting. The City Clerk will set the date for a public hearing on the proposed amendment with the concurrence of the Chairman of the Planning Commission.
Procedure for Amendment
Upon filing an application for amendment with the City Clerk, these regulations may be amended by the following procedures:
A. The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment not less than fifteen (15) days after notice of such hearing has been published in a newspaper of general circulation in Mayflower. The notice shall be published at the applicant’s expense and shall give the time and place of the proposed hearing and the proposed changes. The applicant shall notify owners of record of all lands which lie within three hundred (300) feet of the land for which the zoning change is requested by certified mail specifying the public hearing: (1) location, (2) time and date, and (3) the proposed change in zoning designation. All return receipts and a copy of the letter shall be furnished to the Planning Commission in care of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior to the public hearing.
B. The applicant shall procure signs from the City Clerk, for the purpose of posting the property proposed for a change in zoning.
- The signs will be displayed on the property on a post not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the public hearing.
- The sign shall be displayed to be prominent and in full view of the passing motorist and pedestrian.
- The signs shall be posted along the frontage abutting any street at an interval of one hundred (100) feet.
- Properties with less than two hundred (200) feet street frontage shall be posted with at least one sign along the frontage abutting each street.
- All such signs posted shall be maintained by the applicant to remain visible and readable until the conclusion of the subject public hearing, or to the final conclusion of the resolution of the request. Subject signs shall be removed from the property by the applicant within five (5) days of the
concluding action. - Failure to post the required signs or to maintain the signs resulting in the property not being properly posted for three (3) days out of the required time may result in a postponement of the public hearing or withdrawal of the agenda item until such time full compliance with posting procedure is achieved.
C. The amendment, as presented or modified by the action following the public hearing, shall be voted on by the Planning Commission.
D. Following such vote, the Mayflower Planning Commission shall certify its recommendations to the Mayflower City Council at the next scheduled meeting of the Mayflower City Council.
E. The Mayflower City Council may return the proposed amendment to the Mayflower Planning Commission for further study, or by majority vote adopt by ordinance the proposal as submitted by the Planning Commission.
F. If the Planning Commission disapproves the proposed amendment, the proponent may appeal to the Mayflower City Council, which shall review the action and may approve the proposed amendment only by not less than three-fourths vote of all the members. Such appeal shall be made via the City Clerk, who shall transmit one (1) copy to the Planning Commission, which will prepare and transmit a report to the applicant, stating why the proposed amendment was disapproved.
G. Should the proposal be adopted by the Mayflower City Council, the amendment ordinance shall be filed with the City Clerk and a copy sent to the Chairman of the Planning Commission.
The application fee for an amendment to these regulations shall be as set by the Mayflower City Council for each piece of property submitted in the application, none of which is refundable.
Resubmission of Application
No resubmission of a zoning amendment application will be allowed within twelve (12) months after the date of action by the Mayflower Planning Commission or City Council, unless the Mayflower Planning Commission or City Council waives this limitation for good cause.
