§ 20. Amendments.

1.

Any person or corporation having a proprietary interest in any property may petition the city council for a change or amendment to the provisions of this ordinance or the planning and zoning commission may on its own motion or on request from the city council institute study and proposal for changes and amendments in the public interest.

2.

Procedure:

a.

The city council may, from time to time, amend, supplement, or change by ordinance the boundaries of the districts or the regulations herein established as provided by the statutes of the state of Texas.

b.

Before taking action on any proposed amendment, supplement or change, the governing body shall submit the same to the planning and zoning commission for its recommendation and report.

c.

The planning and zoning commission shall hold a public hearing on any application for any amendment or change prior to making its recommendation and report to the city council. Written notice of all public hearings before the planning and zoning commission on a proposed amendment or change shall be sent to all owners of real property lying within two hundred (200) feet of the property on which the change is requested. Such notice shall be given not less than ten (10) days before the date set for hearing by posting such notice properly addressed and postage-paid to each taxpayer as the ownership appears on the last approved city tax roll.

d.

A public hearing shall be held by the governing body before adopting any proposed amendment, supplement or change. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication in the official publication of the city of Fort Stockton stating the time and place of such hearing, which time shall not be earlier than fifteen (15) days from the date of publication.

e.

Unless a proposed amendment, supplement or change has been approved by the planning and zoning commission, or if a protest against such proposed amendment, supplement or change has been filed with the city secretary, duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty (20) percent or more either of the area of the lots or land included in such a proposed change, or of the lots or land immediately adjoining the same and extending two hundred (200) feet therefrom, such amendment shall not become effective except by a three-fourths vote of all the members of the governing body.