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the development, heritage, and culture of the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, the �� "�� State of Indiana, and the United States; Its education value; Its suitability for preservation; and Its portrayal of the environment of a group of people in an historical era. The Committee shall draft the preservation guidelines and present its findings and evaluation to the Historic Preservation Commission for formal consideration of the nomination. 3, The Historic Preservation Commission or the neighborhood district committee shall notify all property owners within the proposed district of the application for nomination, the proposed zoning, the preliminary draft of the guidelines and the voting procedure. 4. The Historic Preservation Commission and/or the neighborhood districts committee shall secure the written consent of fifty (50%) or more of the property owners within the proposed District by using the petition form prescribed by the Area Plan Commission for re- zoning. In the event that the owners of fifty percent /50%\ or more of the property owners in the area proposed for such zoning refuse or decline to give written consent to the proposed zoning, the Historic 40N� Preservation Commission may schedule a public hearing in the cause of — the proposed zoning prior to the Commission's formal consideration of the application for nomination. The Historic Preservation Commission shall cause written notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing to be given to every property owneror any person having a legal or equitable interest in property located within the area being proposed for zoning as an Historic Preservation District. The Historic Preser- vation Commission shall also cause a legal notice to be publicized in a newspaper of general circulation in St. Joseph County setting forth the� nature of the hearing, the properties involved, and the date, time, and place of the scheduled public hearing. If the application for nomination and the proposed zoning as an Historic Preservation District is approved by the Historic Preservation Commission, then the proposed zoning of an Historic Preservation Dis- trict shall be filed with the Clerk of the legislative body of the City of South Band or St, Joseph County, as appropriate, in the usual manner by: The Area Plan Commission; A member of the legislative body; or By petition of the owners of fifty percent (50%) or more of the property involved in the proposed zoning.