§ 111-1. Hearings on Zoning Regulations.

A committee of council shall hold a public hearing on a proposed ordinance to amend the zoning code or the building zone map before reporting its recommendation to council. The clerk of council shall fix the time and place for the hearing. The clerk shall publish notice of the public hearing in the City Bulletin or in another newspaper of general circulation in the city. Council may pass an ordinance to establish an interim development control district without prior public hearing or notice. Except in the case of an extension of an Interim Development Control Overlay District, the clerk shall keep available for public inspection at least 14 days in advance of the hearing a copy of the proposed ordinance and all maps, plans, and reports relating to the ordinance received from the city planning commission. The clerk shall also mail notice of the public hearing on an ordinance to amend the building zone map to a community council representing the area to be rezoned. The clerk shall mail notice of the public hearing on an ordinance to amend the zoning code to all community councils.

If the ordinance is to amend the building zone map by rezoning ten or fewer parcels the clerk shall mail notice to the owners of property within, contiguous to, or directly across a public street from the area being rezoned. The owners and their mailing addresses shall be determined from the current tax list of the county auditor.

Except in the case of an extension of an Interim Development Control Overlay District, the clerk, when required to give notice, shall cause the advertisement to appear and send the notice by first class mail at least 14 days in advance of the hearing. The failure to notify by mail a person, other than an owner of property, required to be mailed notice shall not invalidate an ordinance.

In the case of an extension of an Interim Development Control Overlay District, the clerk, when required to give notice, shall cause the advertisement to appear and send the notice by first class mail at least 7 days in advance of the hearing. The failure to notify by mail a person, other than an owner of property, required to be mailed notice shall not invalidate an ordinance. The clerk shall keep available for public inspection at least 7 days in advance of the hearing a copy of the proposed ordinance and all maps, plans, and reports relating to the ordinance received from the city planning commission.

A community council shall mean an organization participating in the neighborhood support program or included on a list of community councils approved by the city council and filed with the clerk. The area of representation of a community council shall be shown on a map approved by the city council and filed with the clerk. City council may approve a map showing an area as being represented by more than one community council.

Section 713.12 of the Ohio Revised Code is hereby declared inoperative in the City of Cincinnati.

(Sec. 106-17; ordained by Ord. No. 4-1969, off. Feb. 1, 1969; renumbered to C.M.C. 109-15, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 508-1974, eff. Dec. 18, 1974; renumbered to C.M.C. 111-1 and a. Ord. No. 249-1979, eff. July 13, 1979; a. Ord. No. 234-1993, eff. July 23, 1993; Emer. Ord. No. 36-2005, eff. Jan. 26, 2005)

Cross reference

Zoning code of the City of Cincinnati, tit. XIV.