§ 1.706. Legal protest by property owners.

Legal protests may be filed against a requested zoning district map amendment subject to the below requirements.

A.

The legal protest against a proposed zoning district map amendment shall be filed in writing with the City Clerk at or before 12:00 noon on the Friday preceding the City Council hearing at which the zoning district map amendment will be considered.

B.

The zoning district map amendment shall not become effective except by a favorable vote of three-fourths of all members of the City Council. If any members of the City Council are unable to vote on the zoning district map amendment because of a conflict of interest, then the required number of votes for passage of the zoning district map amendment shall be three-fourths of the remaining membership of the City Council, provided that such required number of votes shall in no event be less than a majority of the full membership of the City Council. For the purposes of this subsection, the vote shall be rounded to the nearest whole number. Tenths of a number ending in 4 or less shall be rounded down, and tenths of a number ending in 5 or higher shall be rounded up.

C.

A legal protest may be filed only by property owner(s) who represent the conditions outlined in Title 9, Chapter 4, Article 6.1, Section 9.462.04 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended.

(Ord. No. 2495, § 1, 9-1-92; Ord. No. 2830, § 1, 10-17-95; Ord. No. 4143, § 1(Res. No. 9678, Exh. A, § 37), 5-6-14; Ord. No. 4329, § 1, 12-5-17)