Limitation on successive petitions

No petition for an amendment to this chapter including the zoning map or no application for an exception or variance therefrom shall be accepted by the city clerk or the secretary of the zoning board of review if a petition or application praying from the same amendment, exception or variance has been denied or the petitioner granted leave to withdraw within the preceding twenty-four (24) months; provided, that such petition or application may be accepted at any time with the consent of the committee on ordinances or the zoning board of review, respectively, if it shall include or be accompanied by an affidavit which in the opinion of the committee on ordinances or the zoning board of review sets forth facts indicating a substantial change of circumstances justifying a hearing on the petition or application for exception or variance. This section shall apply to all change of zone applications.

(Prior code § 30-47)