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Section 22-160 Policies and procedures for city planning commission initiated rezoning activities.
(a) All amendments to any existing zoning plan must be reviewed by both the planning and zoning commission and the city council. However, when the boundary lines of an established zoning district are proposed for change (rezoning), the planning and zoning commission shall prepare an evaluation and recommendation with regard to such proposed item of rezoning, considering each of the following factors: (1) Existing uses and zoning of nearby property; (2) The extent to which property values are diminished by the proposed zoning restrictions; (3) The extent to which the destruction of property values, resulting from existing zoning of specific parcels, promotes the heath, safety, morals or general welfare of the public; (4) The relative gain to the public, as compared to the hardship imposed upon the individual property owner by the proposed zoning classification; (5) The suitability of the subject property for the zoning purposes as proposed; (6) The length of time the property has been vacant as zoned, considered in the context of land development in the area in the vicinity of the property; (7) Conformity with or divergence from the zoning map; and (8) Recommendations of the staff planner of the Southwest Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission. (b) The public hearing will be convened at the advertised time and place and will be presided over by the chairman of that meeting. (c) At each public hearing, the chairman of the hearing must allow each side of the zoning issue a minimum of ten (10) minutes per side for the presentation of data, evidence, and opinions pursuant to. The chairman will review, for those present, the following operating procedures: (1) In order for a person in attendance to speak, the chairman must recognize that person. Upon rising to speak, the person recognized will first identify himself. The chairman may also request that the person furnish a home or business street address, as appropriate. (2) The person speaking will be allowed a reasonable amount of time to express opinions and make comments on each separate element of the proposed revisions which he wishes to address. (3) Additional persons will be recognized through the procedure described in subsections (1) and (2), for the purpose of addressing additional elements of the proposed revisions or to make additional points with regard to elements already addressed, but not to revisit points already made. (4) Appropriate notes or minutes will be recorded by the planning and zoning commission at its public hearing. (d) The planning and zoning commission shall prepare and submit the necessary minutes, evaluations and recommendations to the city council prior to the meeting of the city council at which action on the zoning request will be taken. (e) The city council will review the evaluations and recommendations from the planning and zoning commission and may choose to adopt or reject or modify the planning and zoning commission's recommendations, considering the factors set forth in this section, or the business may be tabled for additional study to the next regular meeting. (Ord. of 7-28-86, I; Ord. of 12-23-96(3), II)
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