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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE "ZONING ORDINANCE" PASSED AND
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN ON
THE 131h DAY OF OCTOBER, 1969, BY RESCINDING SECTIONS 14.
2 AND 14. 3 AND THE SUBSECTION OF SOME OF "PART FOURTEEN;
AbIFNDMENTS" AND PROVIDING FOIL THE AMENDMENT OF SAID ZONING'
ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITS OWN MOTION AND BY
APPLICATION AND PETITION BY ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION
BY MAKING APPLICATION TO THE CITY PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF SUCH MEETINGS TIROUGH
NEWSP.APFIt PUBLICATION AND THROUGH DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED
MAID NOTICE AND PROVIDING FOIL THE NECESSITY OR A THREE-
FOURTHS bIAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOIL PASSAGE
OF ANY SUCH AMENDNII�'NT; AMENDING THE PUBLIC NOTICE'REQUIRE-
MINT SO AS TO APPLY ONLY TO PROPOSED "USE" CHANGES AND
SPECIAL PEIWITS; AMENDING SAID ZONING ORDINANCE TO ELIMI-
NATE ANY REQUIREMI;'NT OF ANY JOINT MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND TILE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND AMEND-
ING PART T1YO, SECTION 2.02, SUBSECTION 2.0203 TO CHANGE
MINIMUM WIDTH OF RESIDENTIAL LOT FROM 65 FEET TO',60 FEET AND
AREA FROM 7000 SQUARE FEET TO 6000 SQUARE FEET.
Q'y BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
Sectionl. "PAILT FOURTEEN: AMINDKENTS" Section 14. 2 through Section 14. 3
�► of the zoning ordinance of the City of Georgetown is hereby rescinded, cancelled,
V set aside and held for nought. In liew of and in substitution for said rescinded
U portions of such zoning ordinance it is hereby Ordained by the City Council of
the City of Georgetown, Texas, as follows:
"PART FOURTEF�I: AMENDMENTS"
Section 14.2 Application and petition for amendments or changes to the
Regulations and/or District Map.
146201ii Any person, form or corporation petitioning the City Council for a
change in the Regulations or the District Mop, shall do so upon forms provided
for such purposes by the office of the City Secretary. All petitions or
applications for changes in the Regulations or District Map shall be filed with
the office of the City Secretary.
14.202 No action to amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal the zoning
ordinance of the District Map relative to uses and special permits shall be
final until there shall have been a public zoning hearing thereon with public
notice of such hearing as herein required.
14.203 Notice of such public coning hearing on uses and special -permits
involving any such change in zoning shall be given by publication once in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Georgetown}, stating briefly the
change or amendment to be considered at the hearing, and the time and place of
the City Plannin and Zoning Commission hearing, which time shall not be earlier
than fifteen (15� days from the date of such publication. In addition to the said
newspaper notice, written notice shall be given of the time and place of the
hearing of said Planning and Zoning Commission, stating the address of the pro-
perty proposed for change or special permit and briefly the change or special
permit that is to be considered. Such notice shall be sent to the owners, as
determined from the most recently approved City tax roll, of all real property
lying within 200 feet 6f the property on which the change is classification or
a Special permit is proposed. Such notice shall be given not less than fifteen (15)
days befor the date set for hearing before the City Planning and Zoning Commiss-
ion and shall be made by depositing the same, properly addressed and postage paid,
in the United States Post Office.
14.204 The public meeting of said City Planning and Zoning Commission
shall be had under Rules of order commensurate with proper conduct. No action
on any proposed change, amendment or Special Permit shall be taken by the City
Planning and Zoning Commission at or during the public zoning hearing.
14.205 The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall, within ten (10)
days after a public zoning hearing, hold a special meeting to act and recommend
upon the changes, amendments or Special Permits considered at such' hearing.
This meeting shall not be a public hearing and neither proponents nor opponents
to a proposed change, amendment or Special Permit shall be heard. The members
of the City Planning and Zoning Commission shall vote on each proposed change,
amendment or Special Permit as to their recommendations to the City Council for
either adoption or denial. The recomsendations of the City Planning and Zoning
Commission shall be transmitted the office of the City Secretary for the City
Council, in writing, within five (5) days following the meeting of the City
Planning and Zoning Commission.