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 Ocala
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 122. ZONING
 Article II. ADMINISTRATION
 Division 6. AMENDMENTS

  § 122-136. Amendments to schedule of uses or zoning map.  

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  • Enactment of ordinances that change the actual list of permitted, conditional or prohibited uses within a zoning district, or ordinances initiated by the city council or its designee that change the official zoning map designation of a parcel of land, shall be enacted pursuant to the following procedure:

    (1)

    In cases in which the proposed ordinance changes the official zoning map designation for a parcel or parcels of land involving less than ten contiguous acres, the city clerk shall notify by mail each real property owner whose land the city will redesignate by enactment of the ordinance and whose address is known by reference to the latest ad valorem tax records. The notice shall state the substance of the proposed ordinance as it affects that property owner and shall set a time and place for one or more public hearings on such ordinance. Such notice shall be given at least 30 days prior to the date set for the public hearing, and a copy of such notice shall be kept available for public inspection during the regular business hours of the office of the clerk. The city council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and may, upon the conclusion of the hearing, immediately adopt the ordinance.

    (2)

    In cases in which the proposed ordinance changes the actual list of permitted, conditional or prohibited uses within a zoning district, or changes the official zoning map designation of a parcel of land involving ten contiguous acres or more, public notice shall be given and the hearing shall be held in accordance with the following:

    a.

    The city council shall hold two advertised public hearings on the proposed ordinance. Both hearings shall be held after 5:00 p.m. on a weekday, and the first shall be held at least seven days after the day that the first advertisement is published. The second hearing shall be held at least ten days after the first hearing and shall be advertised at least five days prior to the public hearing.

    b.

    The required advertisements shall be no less than two columns wide by ten inches long in a standard size or a tabloid size newspaper, and the headline in the advertisement shall be in a type no smaller than 18 point. The advertisement shall not be placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements appear. The advertisement shall be published in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the city and of general interest and readership in the city, not one of limited subject matter, pursuant to F.S. ch. 50. It is the legislative intent that, whenever possible, the advertisement shall appear in a newspaper that is published at least five days a week unless the only newspaper in the city is published less than five days a week. The advertisement shall be in substantially the following form:

    NOTICE OF (TYPE OF) CHANGE

    The City of Ocala, Florida, proposes to adopt the following ordinance   (title of the ordinance)   .

    A public hearing on the ordinance will be held on   (date and time)   at   (meeting place)   .

    Except for amendments which change the actual list of permitted, conditional or prohibited uses within a zoning district, the advertisement shall also contain a geographic location map which clearly indicates the area covered by the proposed ordinance. The map shall include major street names as a means of identification of the general area.

    c.

    In lieu of publishing the advertisement set out in this subsection, the city may mail a notice to each person owning real property within the area covered by the ordinance. Such notice shall clearly explain the proposed ordinance and shall notify the person of the time, place and location of any public hearings on the proposed ordinance.

(Code 1961, §§ 2-33.2, 22-17; Code 1985, § 7-618(g); Ord. No. 1832, § 1, 4-15-86; Ord. No. 2275, §§ 4, 5, 5-5-92; Ord. No. 2646, § 1, 9-11-96; Ord. No. 2739, § 1, 6-10-97)