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� Municode <br /> PC Exhibit F <br /> Sec. 78-43. -Adoption and amendment procedure. <br /> (a) At any time after the adoption of a land use plan for the city, the planning commission, for the <br /> purpose of carrying out the policies and goals of the land use plan, may prepare a proposed <br /> zoning ordinance and submit it to the council with its recommendations for adoption. Subject <br /> to the requirements of this chapter, the council may adopt and amend a zoning ordinance <br /> with the favorable vote of a majority of the entire city council. Amendments which change all <br /> or part of the existing classification of a zoning district from residential to either commercial <br /> or industrial require approval by a two-thirds vote of the entire city council. <br /> �b) No zoning ordinance or amendment shall be adopted until a public hearing has been held by <br /> the planning commission or by the council.A notice of the time, place and purpose of the <br /> hearing shall be published in the official newspaper of the city not less than ten days prior to <br /> the day of the hearing. When an amendment includes changes in district boundaries <br /> affecting an area of five acres or less, a similar notice shall be mailed at least ten days prior <br /> to the day of the hearing to each owner of affected property and property situated wholly or <br /> partly within 350 feet of the property to which the amendment relates. For the purpose of <br /> giving mailed notice, the person responsible for mailing the notice may use any appropriate <br /> records to determine the names and addresses of owners. A copy of the notice and a list of <br /> the owners and addresses to which the notice was sent shall be attested to by the <br /> responsible person and shall be made a part of the records of the proceedings. The failure to <br /> give mailed notice to individual property owners or defects in the notice shall not invalidate <br /> the proceedings, provided a bona fide attempt to comply with this subsection has been <br /> made. <br /> State law reference—Similar provisions, Minn. Stat.§462.357, subd. 3. <br /> (c) An amendment to this chapter may be initiated by: <br /> ��) Action of the council; <br /> �2) A recommendation of the planning commission; or <br /> (3) By petition of the owners of their or adjoining property, the zoning of which is <br /> proposed to be changed. <br /> An amendment not initiated by the planning commission shall be referred to the planning <br /> commission for study and report and may not be acted upon by the council until it has received the <br /> recommendation of the planning commission on the proposed amendment or until 60 days have <br /> elapsed from the date of reference of the amendment without a report by the planning commission. <br /> �d) Rezoning applications may be denied by motion of the council, and such motion shall <br /> constitute a finding and determination that the proposed rezoning is not in the best interest <br /> for the physical development of the city. No application which has been denied wholly or in <br /> part shall be resubmitted for a period of six months from the date of the order of denial, <br /> except on grounds of new evidence or proof of change of conditions found to be valid by the <br /> planning commission. <br /> (Code 1984, § 10.10;Ord. No. 84 3rd series, § 1, 1-242011) <br /> State law reference—Amendments generally, Minn. Stat. §462.357, subd. 4. <br /> http://library.municode.com/print.aspx?h=&clientID=13094&HTMRequest=http%3 a%2f... 10/30/2012 <br />