COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 236
(By Senator Snyder)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported February 26, 1999.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section forty-six, article twenty-four,
chapter eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to modifying the
petition requirements to request changes to zoning ordinances.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section forty-six, article twenty-four, chapter eight of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 24. PLANNING AND ZONING.
§8-24-46. Changes of zoning rules and regulations -- Petition for
change.
Petitions, duly signed, may be presented to the recorder of
the municipality or to the clerk of the county court commission
requesting an amendment, supplement or change of the rules and regulations of the zoning ordinance by:
(1) The planning commission; or
(2) The owners of fifty percent or more of the real property
area to which the petition relates
(2) A petition containing signatures of qualified voters
residing in the municipality or county to which the petition
relates, in an amount equal to not less than fifteen percent of the
total legal votes cast in that municipality or county for all
candidates for governor in the last preceding general election in
which a governor was elected.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is change the petition
requirements to amend zoning ordinance rules.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.)