Ordinance No.           15896               Council Bill No.           B 32-99            

amending Chapter 29 of the City Code as it relates to resubmittals of petitions for zoning map amendments; and fixing the time when this ordinance shall become effective.

Chapter 29 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Columbia, Missouri, is hereby amended as follows:

    Material to be deleted in strikeout; material to be added underlined.

(a)     Procedure:

    (1)    Any person, firm or corporation, owning in fee simple real property within the city, may petition the council to amend, change, modify, supplement, or repeal the zoning district regulations and restrictions as established in this chapter pertaining to such real property; provided that such applicant shall specify the tract of land for which amendment, change, modification, supplement or restriction is sought, along with a specification of the zoning category which the applicant is seeking. No petition shall be presented, nor considered, which presents amendments, changes, modifications, supplements or restrictions to zoning categories in the alternative with respect to any lot, tract or parcel of land.

        a.     Nothing herein shall prevent an applicant from presenting successive petitions for the same tract of land so long as only one petition requesting amendment is pending before the council or commission at any one time.  No petition to amend the zoning district map will be accepted if it is the same or substantially the same as a petition submitted within the previous twelve (12) months and which was denied by the city council or withdrawn by the applicant after a negative recommendation from the planning and zoning commission.  The city council, at its discretion, may authorize a resubmittal within the twelve (12) month period after reviewing a written request from the applicant, which provides justification for the early resubmittal.