12-756. Same; zoning; zones or districts; procedure to establish; notice and hearing. (a) Before any city or county establishes any zone or district or regulates or restricts the use of buildings or land therein, the governing body shall require the planning commission to recommend the nature and number of zones or districts which it deems necessary and the boundaries of the same and appropriate regulations or restrictions to be enforced therein. Except as provided in the zoning regulations, all such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of building or land uses throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts and special uses may be designated within each district with conditions attached.

(b) Upon the development of proposed zoning regulations, the planning commission shall hold a public hearing thereon. Notice of such public hearing shall be published at least once in the official city newspaper in the case of a city or in the official county newspaper in the case of a county at least 20 days prior to the date of the hearing. In the case of a joint zoning board, notice of such hearing shall be published in the official city and official county newspapers. Such notice shall fix the time and place for such hearing and shall describe such proposal in general terms. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time and at the conclusion of the same, the planning commission shall prepare its recommendations and by an affirmative vote of a majority of the entire membership of the commission adopt the same in the form of proposed zoning regulations and shall submit the same, together with the written summary of the hearing thereon, to the governing body. The governing body either may: (1) Approve such recommendations by the adoption of the same by ordinance in a city or resolution in a county; (2) override the planning commission's recommendations by a 2/3 majority vote of the membership of the governing body; or (3) may return the same to the planning commission for further consideration, together with a statement specifying the basis for the governing body's failure to approve or disapprove. If the governing body returns the planning commission's recommendations, the planning commission, after considering the same, may resubmit its original recommendations giving the reasons therefor or submit new and amended recommendations. Upon the receipt of such recommendations, the governing body, by a simple majority thereof, may adopt or may revise or amend and adopt such recommendations by the respective ordinance or resolution, or the governing body need take no further action thereon. If the planning commission fails to deliver its recommendations to the governing body following the planning commission's next regular meeting after receipt of the governing body's report, the governing body shall consider such course of inaction on the part of the planning commission as a resubmission of the original recommendations and proceed accordingly. The proposed zoning regulations and any amendments thereto shall become effective upon publication of the respective adopting ordinance or resolution.

(c) The provisions of this section shall become effective on and after January 1, 1992.

History: L. 1991, ch. 56, § 16; July 1.