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9.2 Within a reasonable time after the hearing, the Board of Adjust- ment shall make its order deciding the.~matter and serve a copy of such'order upon the appellant or the'petitioner by mail. If the City Council does not act as the Board of Adjustment, the Board of Adjustment's decision may be appealed to the City Council. The City Council after review of the Board of Adjustment's minutes, records and file, may affirm, reverse or modify the Board of Adjustment's action. If the City Council acts as the Board of Adjustment or after the City Council acts on a Board of Adjust- ment's decision, this shall be the final action of the City on the variance application. SECTION 9. - AMENDMENTS AMENDMENTS: The City Council may amend this Ordinance as proposed by a member of the City Council, by the Planning Commission or by a petition of a person residing or owning'property within the City of Ramsey in accordance with the following provisions: PROCEDURE: Petitions for amendment shall be filed with the Planning Commission, and the petitioner, upon such filing, shall pay an advertising deposit and a filing fee in accordance with a schedule annually affixed by resolution. The Planning Commission shall review the proposed amendment and report its findings and recommendations in writing to the City Council and to the petitioner. The proposed amendment shall be introduced~.ibefore the City Council only if a member of the City~.Council elects to do so. If an amendment proposed by petition is not introduced, the advertising deposit shall be refunded to the petitioner; otherwise such deposit shall be paid to the City. Any proposed amendment introduced by a member of the City Council without written findings and recommendations from the Planning Commission shall be referred to the Planning Commission for revie~ at least thirty (30) days prior to public hearing by the Council. The City Council may not act upon the proposed amendment until sixty (60) days have elapsed from the date of reference of'the amendment without a report from the Planning Commission. Before voting on the enactment of an amendment, the City Council shall hold a public hearing thereon pursuant to public notice. It shall be the responsibility of the zoning officer to have notice of the time, place and purpose of the public hearing published in the official city newspaper ten (10) days prior to the hearing. Also, when an amendment involves changes in district boundaries affecting an area of five acres or less, a written notice of the hearing stating its time, place and purpose shall be mailed by the zoning officer at least ten (10) days before the day of the hearing to each