Amendment of regulations - hearings - protests (second and third class ...
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 64.670
in effect64.670. Amendment of regulations — hearings — protests (second and third class counties). — The regulations imposed and the districts created under authority of sections 64.510 to 64.690 may be amended from time to time by the county commission by order after the order establishing the same has gone into effect but no such amendments shall be made by the county commission except after recommendation of the county planning commission, or if there be no county planning commission, of the county zoning commission, after hearings thereon by such commission. Public notice of such hearings shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.550 . In case of written protest against any proposed change or amendment, signed and acknowledged by the owners of thirty percent of the frontage within one thousand feet to the right or left of the frontage proposed to be changed, or by the owners of thirty percent of the frontage directly opposite, or directly in the rear of the frontage proposed to be altered, or in cases where the land affected lies within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits of a municipality having in effect ordinances zoning property within the corporate limits of such municipality, made by resolution of the city council or board of trustees thereof, and filed with the county clerk, such amendment may not be passed except by the favorable vote of two-thirds of all the members of the county commission.
(L. 1951 p. 406 § 14, A.L. 1988 H.B. 923) (1974) Held that failure to obtain review by board of adjustment was failure to exhaust administrative remedy and precluded county court or reviewing court from exercising certiorari jurisdiction. County of Platte v. Chipman (A.), 512 S.W.2d 199. 1984) Party aggrieved by a zoning decision must appeal to the county board of zoning adjustment before seeking review in circuit court. Following the appeal to the board, the aggrieved party may present a petition to the circuit court for a writ of certiorari directed to the board of zoning adjustment or the county commission. Review under chapter 536 is not allowable. Miller v. Browning Ferris Industries (Mo. App.), 674 S.W.2d 150
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