1. Before making any recommendation on a petition for zoning map change, the Planning Commission shall consider any recommendations from the Planning Director and shall conduct a public hearing where interested parties may be heard.

2. Notice and public hearing requirements shall be in accordance with paragraph 3.2.5, Notice and Public Hearings.

3. Except in the case of expedited hearings pursuant to paragraph 3.5.9C, Expedited Hearings, the Commission shall make its recommendation within three consecutive regular Commission cycles (approximately 90 days total) of its initial public hearing. The time period for a recommendation may be altered, as in the case of significant modifications, in which case three additional consecutive regular cycles shall be granted before the case shall go to the governing body.

4. When a recommendation is not made within the time periods established in this section, the governing body may process the request without a Commission recommendation.

5. A zoning map change proposed as a County case shall not require rehearing by the Planning Commission if the property subject to the proposed change is annexed into the City before the Board of Commissioners has acted on the case and the annexation is within 12 months of the original Planning Commission recommendation on the zoning map change, unless the applicant has made a significant modification to the application.

1. If the governing body has set an expedited hearing concerning a request, in accordance with paragraph 3.5.11B, Expedited Hearing, a public hearing before the Planning Commission shall be held at the first available hearing date or prior to the hearing before the governing body.

2. The Commission shall make a recommendation at this hearing based on the Review Criteria in paragraph 3.5.10, Written Recommendation, Review Criteria, below. The Planning Commission shall not continue a request for which an expedited hearing has been set, nor shall any deferrals be granted for such a request.