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Application for amendment of the Zoning Map may be made only by a governmental agency, including the City Council and the Planning Commission, or by a person or persons with a financial, contractual, or proprietary interest in fifty percent (50%) or more of the area included in the application. A map amendment application may be for a more or less intensive use and shall cover a single contiguous area, all portions of which are proposed to be classified in one district.
Map Amendment applications are subject to a public hearing, after which the Planning Commission will forward a recommendation to the City Council, which shall dismiss the application, or approve it by Ordinance within sixty (60) days of the original hearing, unless time is extended by Resolution.