A. 
Authority of Town Board. The Town Board may from time to time on its own motion, on petition or on recommendation of the Planning Board amend, supplement or repeal the regulations and provisions of this chapter, including the Zoning Map,[1] after public notice and hearing, in accordance with law.
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Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
B. 
Fee; copies of petition. Petitions for amendments shall be submitted in quadruplicate to the Town Clerk with an application fee as set by resolution of the Town Board from time to time.
[Amended 3-10-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998]
C. 
Contents of petition for change in Zoning Map. Any petition for a change in the Zoning Map shall include the following:
(1) 
The names of the property owner.
(2) 
A map accurately drawn to an appropriate scale, showing the proposed district boundary changes, property lines, the calculated areas affected in acres or square feet, the street rights-of-way in the immediate vicinity and the lands and names of owners immediately adjacent to and extending within 100 feet of all boundaries of the property to be rezoned.
(3) 
A metes and bounds description of the proposed amendment.
D. 
Resolution fixing public hearing. The Town Board, by resolution adopted at an official meeting, shall fix the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed amendment and cause notice to be given.
E. 
Referral to Planning Board. Every such proposed amendment or change, whether initiated by the Town Board or by petition, shall be referred to the Planning Board for report before the public hearing is held thereon. In case the Planning Board shall fail to make a report before the public hearing, the Planning Board shall be deemed to have approved the amendment.
F. 
Referral to Orange County Planning Department. Proposed amendments that must be referred to the Orange County Planning Department under the provisions of § 239-m of the General Municipal Law shall be transmitted as soon as possible and in any case prior to the public hearing.
G. 
Additional notices. The Town Board may require a petitioner to give additional forms of public notice or notice to adjacent property owners.
H. 
Reports required before action by Town Board. The Town Board shall reserve decision on all zoning amendments or changes that must be referred to the Orange County Planning Department until its report has been presented, provided that such report is presented within a period of 30 days after the Orange County Planning Department receives such referral.
I. 
Survey and monuments. Upon adoption of a change in the Zoning Map pursuant to a petition, the petitioner shall cause a monument to be placed at one location on the property's street frontage, and shall also file with the Town Clerk and the Code Enforcement Officer copies of an accurate survey description and drawing of the area affected by such amendment.