The bill must be considered at a public hearing of a committee of the City Council. Notice of the public hearing must be given in accordance with Title 5, Subtitle 6 {“Notices”} of this Code. The committee must evaluate the bill in accordance with the standards in <cite data-path="|32|§5-508">§ 5-508 {“Approval standards”} of this subtitle</cite>. The City Council may approve, amend, or disapprove any legislative authorization. Except as otherwise specified in this subsection, whenever a legislative authorization is amended:another public hearing must be held on the bill as amended; and the requirements of this subtitle for notice and for agency reports apply to the additional hearing. An additional hearing is not required for:an amendment that consists only of a change in punctuation, grammar, or spelling and does not in any way alter the substance of the ordinance; any other amendment that does not in any way alter the substance of the ordinance; an amendment proposed in and approved by Committee; or an amendment to a comprehensive rezoning if, for at least 14 days before any vote is taken on the amendment, a description of the amendment:has been provided to the Department of Legislative Reference and to the Department of Planning and by them made available for inspection and copying by the public; and has been posted on the Department of Planning’s website. A bill proposing a legislative authorization is considered to have failed and the application denied if the City Council fails to act finally on the bill within 12 months from the earlier of:the date on which the last of the required agency reports and recommendations is received; and the last day of the agency reporting period, as set by this section. Ord. 16-581 17-049 Ord. 18-171