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land Use and Zoning - legal Review Planning Commission Meeting May 13, 2003 Page 5 mailed at least ten days before the date of the hearing to each owner of the affected property and all property situated wholly or pardy within 350 feet of the property to which the amendment relates. However, failure to give mailed notice to individual property owners, or defects in the notice, will not invalidate the proceedings, provided a bona fide attempt to comply with the law is made. Minn. Stat. ~462.357, subd. 3. c) Planning Commission Recommendation. Following the public hearing before the planning commission, the commission reviews the information received at the public hearing and presents its recommendations to the governing body. The governing body is not required to hold a public hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance amendment, but is not prohibited from doing so. d) Voting Requirements. Minn. Stat. ~462.357, subd. 2(b), adopted in 2001, provides that the governing body may adopt and amend a zoning ordinance by a majority vote of all its members. The adoption or amendment of any ordinance which changes all or part of the existing classification of a zoning district from residential to either commercial or industrial requires a two-thirds majority vote of all members of the governing body. The opinion of the Attorney General is that the voting requirement language adopted in 2001 is mandatory, and that this voting requirement may not be superceded by inconsistent charter provisions or ordinance requirements. A.G. Op. 59a-32. (Jan. 25,2002). e) Publication. Following adoption, zoning ordinances and amendments thereto, including rezonings, become effective upon publication in the official newspaper of the city or county. 4. Limitations. Although a municipality or county has broad discretion in the adoption and amendment of zoning ordinances and maps, there are limitations. A municipality has no inherent power to enact zoning regulations. It receives its power to zone only by legislative grant of that authority by the State. Therefore, the municipality must stricdy comply with the procedural requirements attached to the authority delegated to it by the State, and may not exceed the limitations imposed upon it by its enabling legislation. Cosdey v. Caromin House. Inc. 313 N.W.2d 21 (Minn., 1981); Denney v. City of Duluth, 295 Minn. 22, 202 N.W.2d 892 (1972); 2600 University Inn. liC v. City of Minneapolis, 556 N.W.2d 218 (Minn. App., 1996). a) Compliance with Procedural Requirements. The courts have generally required strict compliance with procedural requirements, such as the requirement of notice to adjoining