§ 40-877. Application procedures for amendments.

(a)

Form. An application or petition for a text amendment to this chapter or for a map change, in accordance with section 40-876(b)(3) of this section shall be filed in a form approved by the planning department, and shall contain such information as the planning department or the planning advisory board may from time to time, by rule, require including a notarized affidavit in accordance with Chapter 2 of this Code regarding campaign contributor disclosure for land use action.

(b)

Fee. Before any action shall be taken as provided in this section, the private party or parties proposing or recommending a change in the classification of property or any change in the comprehensive zoning ordinance and/or future land use map shall deposit with the council, through the planning department, a nonrefundable fee in the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each zoning ordinance text change not involving acreage; or, two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a zoning ordinance map amendment for each acre of land or portion thereof, the maximum fee required for acreage or portion thereof shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for which a change of classification is proposed or recommended. For those zoning ordinance map amendments that also require a future land use map amendment, the fee shall be the appropriate zoning ordinance map amendment fee, plus a fee of either one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for a small-scale future land use map amendment, or five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a large-scale future land use map amendment. Those amendments to the future land use map that do not require a zoning ordinance map amendment shall have a nonrefundable fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00). The private party or parties filing an application for a beauty shop or barber shop as home occupation in residential areas, an addition to a non-conforming structure, the location of a nursery school, pre-school or kindergarten in a residential area, the addition of a second culinary facility to a single-family residence, or the location of a club in residential areas shall deposit with the council, through the planning department, a fee in the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00).

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(XXVIII(2)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 22142, § 9, 3-17-04; Ord. No. 24003, § VI, 5-11-11)