Town of Lilesville

     Unless initiated by the Lilesville Planning Board, all proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance shall be submitted to all the Planning Board for review and recommendation. The Planning Board shall have forty-five (45) days within which to submit its report to the Town Board of Commissioners. If the Planning Board fails to submit a report within the above period, it shall be deemed to have approved the proposed amendment.

     A public hearing shall be held by the Board of Commissioners before the adoption of any proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance. A notice of such public hearing shall be given one a week for two (2) successive calendar weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town ofLilesville, said notice to be published the fITst time not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty five (25) days before the date fixed for the hearing. In computing such period, the day of publicatio.n is not to be counted but the day of hearing shall be counted.

     Any petition for an amendment to this ordinance may be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the person initiating such a request, upon written notice to the Town Clerk.

     When the Board of Commissioners denies an application for a rezoning of property in any zoning district, it shall not accept another application for rezoning the same property or any portion thereof, until the expiration of six (6) months trom the date of such previous denial.

     In the case of a protest against an amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal signed by the owners of twenty per cent (20%) or more of the areas of the lots included in such proposed change, or of those immediately adjacent thereto either in the rear thereof or on either side thereof, extending one-hundred (100) feet therefrom, or of those directly opposite thereto extending one-hundred (100) feet tram the street trontage of such opposite lots, such amendment shall not become effective except by favorable vote ofthree-fourths (3/4) of all members of the Board of Commissioners.

ARTICILE XII

LEGAL STATUS PROVISIONS

     Whenever the regulations of this Ordinance require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open space, or require a lower height of buildings or lesser number of stories or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or imposed other more restrictive standards than are required by any other statute or agreement, the regulations and requirements of this Ordinance shall govern.