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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />ordinance which changes all or part of the existing <br /> <br />classification of a zoning district from residential to either <br /> <br />commercial or industrial requires a two-thirds majority vote <br /> <br />of all members of the governing body. The opinion of the <br /> <br />Attorney General is that the voting requirement language <br /> <br />adopted in 2001 is mandatory, and that this voting <br /> <br />requirement may not be superceded by inconsistent charter <br /> <br />provisions or ordinance requirements. A.G. Op. 59a-32. <br />(Jan. 25, 2002). <br />e) Publication. Following adoption, zoning ordinances and <br /> <br />amendments thereto, including rezonings, become effective <br /> <br />upon publication in the official newspaper of the city or <br /> <br />county. <br /> <br />Limitations. Although a municipality or county has broad <br /> <br />discretion in the adoption and amendment of zoning ordinances <br /> <br />and maps, there are limitations. A municipality has no inherent <br /> <br />power to enact zoning regulations. It receives its power to zone <br /> <br /> <br />only by legislative grant of that authority by the State. Therefore, <br /> <br /> <br />the municipality must strictly comply with the procedural <br /> <br /> <br />requirements attached to the authority delegated to it by the State, <br /> <br /> <br />and may not exceed the limitations imposed upon it by its enabling <br /> <br />legislation. <br />