4.4.E.4 Action by the City Council

a.  The City Council shall hold a public hearing and determine by motion whether the zoning docket should be heard as an ordinance within sixty (60) days from receipt of a City Planning Commission recommendation. This motion shall direct the preparation of an ordinance effectuating the zoning change, specifying any changes to be made from the requested amendment, or shall deny the amendment application. The City Council may not take official action upon any application requiring a recommendation of the City Planning Commission until the report of the Commission has been received.

b.  If the City Council fails to take action by motion sixty (60) days from receipt of the City Planning Commission recommendation, the application is denied.

c.  The City Council's adoption of a motion under 4.4.E.4.a shall not be construed as an approval of a zoning matter unless and until an ordinance is introduced and adopted in accordance with the Charter; introduction of an ordinance does not indicate the City Council's approval of a zoning matter.  Should a Council office elect not to introduce an ordinance despite passage of a motion directing the preparation of an ordinance, they shall notify the Clerk of Council of this intention in writing within sixty (60) days of the passage of the motion. Failure by the City Council to take action on a zoning ordinance within ninety (90) days of the date the City Council passed the motion shall mean that the application is denied.

Ord. No. 28022 MCS, §1, March 14, 2019, Zoning Docket 140/18; Ordinance No. 30567, 3-20-26, Zoning Docket 049/25