Article 32

Before approving and adopting any amendment, the governing body shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, pursuant to public notice as required by law after which the governing body may make appropriate changes or corrections in the proposed amendment; provided, however, that no additional land may be zoned to a different classification than was contained in the public notice without an additional public hearing after notice required by law. An affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the governing body shall be required to amend the zoning ordinance.

In order to provide a more flexible and adaptable zoning method to permit differing land uses and to recognize effects of change, conditional zoning is permitted. That is, a zoning reclassification may be allowed subject to certain conditions proffered by the zoning applicant for the protection and well-being of the community that are not generally applicable to land similarly zoned.

Failure of the commission to report 100 days after the first meeting of the commission after the proposed amendment or reenactment has been referred to the commission shall be deemed approval, unless such proposed amendment or reenactment has been withdrawn by the applicant prior to the expiration of such time period.

The board of supervisors will not reconsider substantially the same petition for a period of one year following its original determination concerning such petition.

One sign shall be erected by the applicant so as to be visible and legible to each abutting public street. Where the property has extensive road frontage, one sign shall be erected by the applicant for each 500 feet of frontage. When a property has no frontage directly on a public street, it shall be posted adjacent to the nearest public street from which future access is contemplated. Such signs shall be erected by the applicant not less than seven calendar days before any public hearing of which they give notice and removed by the applicant within two calendar days after the final public hearing before action of the board of supervisors or of the board of zoning appeals in cases of variances or special exceptions.