§ 9.12.1. Parties to applications and motions for amendments, supplements or repeal of regulations and restrictions and determination of boundaries.

Applications for changes in zone boundaries shall be accepted only from parties having a legal interest in the property, from the duly authorized representative of any such party or from persons exhibiting the consent of parties having a legal interest in the property. The planning commission may initiate on its own motion the adoption, amendment, supplement or repeal of any regulation, restriction or determination of boundaries of zones. The council may initiate on its own motion the adoption, amendment, supplement or repeal of any regulation, restriction or determination of boundaries of zones. All such applications and motions shall be subject to the procedures set forth in this chapter. This section shall preempt all provisions of general law applicable to the initiation by the planning commission or city council of the adoption, amendment, supplement or repeal of any regulation, restriction or determination of boundaries of zones. (Acts 1968, ch. 510, § 1; Acts 1989, ch. 536, § 1; Acts 2004, Ch. 511, § 1)