31.07.040

The Council may amend an ordinance or change the district boundaries. The procedures for such amendments or changes is as follows:

A petition for amendment of a shoreland zoning ordinance may be made by a property owner in the area to be affected by the amendment, by any member of the Council, or by the Tribal Zoning Agency. The petition shall be filed with the Tribal Secretary who shall immediately refer it to the Tribal Zoning Agency for consideration, report, and recommendations. A report of all petitions referred under this paragraph shall be made to the county board at its next succeeding meeting.

Upon receipt of the petition by the Tribal Zoning Agency, the Tribal Zoning Agency shall call a public hearing on the petition. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication in an appropriate newspaper.

As soon as possible after the public hearing, the Tribal Zoning Agency shall act on the petition either approving, modifying and approving, or disapproving it. If the action is favorable to granting the requested change or any modification thereof, it shall cause an ordinance to he drafted effectuating its determination and shall submit the proposed ordinance directly to the board with its recommendations. If the Tribal Zoning Agency after its public hearing recommends denial of the petition it shall report its recommendation directly to the Council with its reasons for the action.

Upon receipt of the Tribal Zoning Agency report the Council may enact the ordinance as drafted by the Tribal Zoning Agency or with amendments, or it may deny the petition for amendment, or it may refuse to deny the petition as recommended by the agency in which case it shall re-refer the petition to the agency with directions to draft an ordinance to effectuate the petition and report the ordinance back to the Council which may then enact or reject the ordinance.