1982 Rec./Disb./Resolutions & Minutes

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-20- 51.06. BUILDING PERMITS. No building permit shall be issued for the construction of any building, structure or improvement to the land or any lot within a sub- division as defined herein which has been approved for platting, until all requirements of this ordinance and all provisions for street construction and land improvement have been complied with in full. Furthermore, no building permit will be issued for the construction of any building structure on any lot within the city which does not abut on a publicly dedicated and maintained street. 52. AMENDMENT. 52.01. IN GENERAL. This ordinance may be amended by following the procedure specified in this section. 52.02. INITIATION. An amendment may be initiated by the City Councilor the Planning Commission or by the petition of a resident to the City Council. An amendment not initiated by the Planning Commission shall be referred to the Commission for study and report, and the Council shall not act on the amendment until it has received the recommendation of the Planning Commission or until sixty (60) days have elapsed from the date of reference of the amendment without a report by the Commission. 52.0). ACTION BY COMMISSION. Before any amendment is adopted, the Planning Commission shall hold at least one (1) public hearing thereon after a notice of the hearing has been published in the official newspaper at least ten (10) days before the hearing. Following the hearing, the Planning Commission shall make a report of its findings and unless the amendment has been initiated by the Commission and the Commission determines not to recommend it to the Council, it shall file a copy with the City Clerk within fourteen (14) days of the meeting at which the date of the hearing was set. When the amendment has not been initiated by the Commission, the report shall, in any event, be filed no later than sixty (60) days from the date of reference of the amendment to the Commission. Failure of the Planning Commission so to report on an amendment not initiated by it is deemed to be approval by the Commission of the amendment. 52.04. COUNCIL ACTION. Upon the filing of such report, or upon the failure of the Planning Commission to file such a report within the time prescribed by Section 52.0] on an amendment proposed by petition or by the Council, the City Council shall hold such public hearings as it deems advisable. After the conclusion of the hearings, if any, the council shall act upon the request within forty-five (45) days to adopt the amendment or any part thereof in such form as it deems advisable.