Amending Zoning Ordinance Section 23 Changes and Amendments

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ORDINANCE NO. -Z%j / -ee J AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3702, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AS AMENDED BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: Section 1: That Section 23 of Ordinance No. 3702, (as amended), commonly known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of South Bend, Indiana be amended so that same shall be and read as follows: SECTION 23. Changes and Amendments (a) Any petition or ordinance for the amendment, supple- ment, change or repeal of the zoning ordinance cT- any part thereof, not originating in the City Plan Commission, shall be referred to the Plan Commission for consideration and report before any final action is taken by the City Council. (b) Prior to the submission to the City Council of a Plan Commission petition or a report on a proposed ordinance or a petition referred to it for recommendation, the Plan Commission shall hold a public hearing on the same, notice of which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, ten (10) days prior to the date set for such public hearing. (c) If the report of the Plan Commission is adverse to the proposed change or amendment, the ordinance shall not be passed except by a vote of at least seventy -five (75) percentum of the members of the City Council. (d) Sixty (60) days after report of the Plan Commission to the Council favoring the change or amendment, the change or amendment shall have the same effect as ordinances passed by the Council, unless the City Council shall have acted upon it to become effective at an earlier date.