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The regulations, classifications, or zone boundary lines may be amended by ordinance in the following manner:

A. The Planning Commission, upon receipt of an amendment or zone change request initiated by the City, shall investigate the merits of the request. Staff shall set a public hearing date at which time the request can be considered.

B. Following the hearing, the Planning Commission shall forward its recommendation and findings to the City Council.

C. After receiving a recommendation from the Planning Commission, the City Council may consider the request. If the City Council finds the amendment is in the public interest, benefits the public welfare of the community, and is consistent with the city General Plan, it shall so amend this title.

D. All applications for site-specific zone change requests by applicants other than the City shall be submitted to the Community Development Department for review and processing. After review of the application, the Community Development Director shall determine which of the two (2) processes should occur to properly hear the rezone request:

1. If the rezone is consistent with the comprehensive plan, then the Hearing Examiner shall conduct a public hearing on the rezone and make a decision pursuant to Chapter 18.80.

2. If the rezone is in conflict with the comprehensive plan, or there are no policies that relate to the rezone, or the policies are not complete, then a Comprehensive Plan map amendment shall also be required. The Planning Commission shall conduct a public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan map amendment and the rezone concurrently and make a recommendation to the City Council. (Ord. 2949, 4/14/20; Ord. 2756, 2/24/15; Ord. 2470, 5/12/09; Ord. 2144, 12/9/03; Ord. 786, 1976)