§ 44-1027. Amendment procedure.

The city planning commission may, of its own motion or on request of the city council, or upon petition, initiate recommendations for changes, amendment or supplements to this chapter. The planning commission shall receive petitions from individual property owners or groups of property owners requesting district change, amendments or supplements to this chapter. The planning commission shall consider each petition and after careful study vote on the issue as stated in the petition. When approved by a majority vote, said planning commission shall prepare an ordinance amending, supplementing or changing the district boundaries or the regulations herein established and shall cause to be prepared a notice according to section 103 of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (MCL 125.3103), indicating the proposed change in the regulations or in the district boundary lines and describing the boundaries of territory to be affected, which notice shall set a date for a public hearing for consideration of such proposed amendment, supplement or change. After due publication or posting and public hearing of such proposed amendment, supplement or change, as required by law, the planning commission may modify said ordinance or without modification may cause such ordinance to be submitted to the city council of the city. Whenever a written protest against such proposed amendment, supplement or change is presented, duly signed by the owners of 20 percent or more of the frontage proposed to be altered, or by the owners of 20 percent or more of the frontage immediately in the rear thereof, or by the owners of 20 percent of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered, such amendments shall not be passed except by the favorable vote of four-fifths of the entire city council.

(Code 1969, § 5.317; Code 1977, § 28-560)