YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE Page 19 The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time, following public hearings and Commission report as prescribed by this Ordinance, amend, supplement or change the Zoning Regulations or Map. Any such proposed change may be initiated by the Commission, the Board of Supervisors or by petition and application of property owners. Application for Amendment shall be filed in the office of the Land Use Specialist on forms provided. A. DISTRICT BOUNDARY CHANGE (Rezoning): A property owner or authorized agent of a property owner desiring an amendment or change in the Zoning Ordinance changing the Zoning District boundaries within an area previously zoned shall file an application for the Amendment or Change. Site plans and/or graphic representations are required with rezoning applications, unless waived by the Board of Supervisors upon recommendation from the Commission. B. ZONING REGULATIONS CHANGE (Text): An application for a change in the Regulations (not fixed by A.R.S. requirements) shall be accompanied by the written consent of at least twenty (20) owners of property in the Yavapai County area of jurisdiction. C. COMMISSION ACTION: Upon receipt of any proposed amendment, the same shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for a report. Prior to reporting to the Board of Supervisors, the Commission shall hold at least one (1) public hearing thereon, after giving at least fifteen (15) days notice thereof by publication (at least once) in a newspaper of general circulation in the County seat, and by posting the area included in any proposed Zoning District change. 1. Prior to noticing for a proposed Zoning District change, the Commission may (on its own motion) delimit a more compatible zoning area (or require the applicant to). 2. If a proposed amendment is a Commission initiative at the written request of others, the proposal shall not be noticed prior to receiving the required fee and charges. 3. In the event an application has been denied, the Commission may refuse to consider a similar application within twelve (12) months of application date. 4. Failure of the Commission to report to the Board of Supervisors within sixty (60) days of date of application shall be deemed to be a neutral report. D. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACTION: Upon receipt of the Planning and Zoning Commission report, the Board of Supervisors shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, hold at least one (1) public hearing after giving at least fifteen (15) days’ notice thereof by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the County seat and by posting the area included in any proposed Zoning District change. Such hearing notice may be simultaneous with that of the Planning and Zoning Commission or at any time thereafter. After such hearing, the Board of Supervisors may take appropriate action. If any members of the Board are unable to vote on the question because of a conflict of interest, the required number of votes for the passage of the question in no event shall be less than a majority of the full membership of the Board. E. NOTICING FOR HEARINGS: 1. Posting and Advertising: The Land Use Specialist shall post in no less than two (2) places with a least one (1) notice for each one-quarter (1/4) mile of frontage along perimeter public right-of-way so that notices are visible from the nearest public right-of-way, and determine the wording of the advertising so as to be, in his judgment, an effective means of noticing the application hearing. SECTION 208 AMENDMENTS