O-2014-3551 amend Ch 106;comprehensive review and update

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The city council may from time to time, on its own motion, the motion of the planning and zoning commission, or on petition, amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal the regulations, restrictions, and boundaries herein established. (1) Public hearing before the city planning and zoning commission. Before taking any action on any proposed amendment, supplement, change, or modification, the city council shall submit the same to the city planning and zoning commission which shall make a preliminary report and hold a public hearing thereon before submitting its final report to the city council. (2) Notice of public hearing before city planning and zoning commission. a. Written notice of all public hearings before the city planning and zoning commission on proposed changes in classification shall be sent to owners of real property lying within 200 feet of the property on which the change in classification is proposed as well as the La Porte Independent School District, such notice to be given not less than ten days before the date set for hearing, to all owners who have rendered their said property for city taxes as the ownership appears on the last approved city tax roll. Such notice may be served by depositing the same, properly addressed and postage paid, in the city post office. At least 15 days notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. b. Requirements for public notice by sign posting: 1. Public notice for procedures requiring public notice by sign posting shall be provided by the city at least 15 days before the public hearing. 2. The applicant shall place public notice sign on the property within 20 feet of the abutting street. 3. The sign shall be clearly visible, readable, and not to create hazard to traffic on the public right-of-way abutting the property. 4. Public notice sign shall include the date, time, place, and purpose of public hearing. 5. The applicant must return the sign to the city within ten days after the appeal period for the public hearing has ended. 6. The erection of this sign shall not require a permit from the city. (3) Publication of notice. In the event a public hearing shall be held by the city planning and zoning commission in regard to a change of this chapter not involving particular property but involving a change in the chapter generally, notice of such hearing shall be given by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city stating the time and place of such hearing, which time shall not be earlier than 15 days from the day of such publication. (4) Submission of findings and recommendations to city council. The city planning and zoning commission shall forward its written findings of fact and recommendations to city council within 15 days of the close of the hearings. (5) Public hearing before city council. a. Upon receipt of the written recommendations from the planning and zoning commission, a public hearing shall be held by the city council before adopting any proposed amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal of the regulations, restrictions, and boundaries herein established.