§ 21.10.010. Initiation of municipal district zoning ordinance amendments.

A.

Amendment of boundaries of zoning districts, or creation of any districts, within a municipal district may be initiated by the borough assembly, by the city council, or by the city advisory planning commission.

B.

Any person may request a zoning ordinance amendment if the following conditions are met:

1.

An ordinance altering the boundaries of a zoning district or creating a new district must be requested by a petition bearing the signatures of a majority of the property owners within the area to be rezoned unless the person requesting the rezoning owns all property within the area for which rezoning is requested;

2.

An amendment to the text of the municipal district zoning ordinance must be requested by a petition bearing the signatures of at least 50 voters registered within the municipal district.

C.

Except for an ordinance altering the boundaries of existing, contiguous-zoning districts or an ordinance which brings a parcel into conformance with the land use plan, no ordinance altering zoning within the municipal district shall be considered if the area encompassed by the proposed ordinance contains less than 1 acre, not including street or alley rights-of-way.

D.

A proposed zoning ordinance amendment shall not be considered if the proposed amendment is substantially the same as any other proposed amendment which has been submitted within the previous 9 months and which has been rejected.

E.

The request for rezoning shall include the names and addresses of the applicant or applicants, a map showing the area rezoned, the present zoning classification, the proposed zoning classification, and any other pertinent information requested by the city or borough.

F.

A fee in amount to be determined by resolution of the borough planning commission shall accompany the submission of the request for rezoning.

(Ord. No. 84-37, § 1, 1984; Ord. No. 79-4, § 1(part), 1979)