§ 17.07.1. Commercial development districts; patrol limits.

(1)

A commercial development district in an area within the city as designated herein, or created by the council hereafter in accordance with this section. Six (6) commercial development districts are hereby created, whose names and defined boundaries are indicated on maps attached hereto as Exhibits 1 through 6, which are incorporated and adopted herein by reference. The council may by ordinance create new or additional commercial development districts, or amend the boundaries of those already created, only in accordance with the following procedures:

(a)

The proposed commercial development district shall be submitted in writing, accompanied by a map setting forth its boundaries; and

(b)

Reasonable public notice of the proposed commercial development district shall be given by the license inspector to residents and organizations in the ward or wards in which said district is to be located; and

(c)

The council or a committee thereof shall hold a public hearing in the ward or wards in which said district is to be located; and

(d)

After the foregoing steps, an ordinance designating the new commercial development district and defining its boundaries is adopted upon the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of the council.

(2)

The council may by ordinance adopt additional procedural and substantive requirements for the creation or amendment of commercial development districts.

(3)

The entire land area in each council ward, which has not been made part of a commercial development district, is a separate liquor patrol limit.

(Ord. No. 12-9, § 2, 3-28-12)

Note— See the editor's note to Section 17.07. Also, Exhibits 1—6 referred to in subsection (1) above can be found in the appendix following this Charter.