(a) Meetings and Rules of Procedure. The Planning Advisory Board shall hold at least ten regular monthly meetings each year, but special meetings may be held at any time, at the call of the Chair. The Planning Advisory Board shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business. It shall hold hearings at its discretion or upon written request of the County Executive or on resolution of the County Council on any matter pending before the Board. It shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, determinations and decisions and it shall keep minutes of its proceedings all of which shall be filed in the Office of Planning and Zoning and shall be public record.
(b) Advisory Recommendations and Budget Functions. The Planning Advisory Board shall make advisory recommendations to the Planning and Zoning Officer and the County Council relating to the Master Plan, the zoning maps and rules and regulations relating to zoning. At such times as the Chief Administrative Officer shall fix, the Planning Advisory Board shall consider an itemized list of capital projects, or capital improvement program, which the various agencies of the County government propose to undertake in the ensuing fiscal year and the next succeeding five fiscal years thereafter. After consideration by the Planning Advisory Board, the Planning and Zoning Officer shall transmit to the Budget Officer with the Planning and Zoning Officer’s recommendations a list of projects recommended by said board to be undertaken in the periods aforesaid and its estimates of the cost thereof. The County Executive, at the County Executive’s discretion, or the County Council, by resolution, may provide for reference to the Board, for review and recommendations, any matter related to the board’s functions and duties.
(c) Amendment of Capital Projects After Adoption of Budget. In accordance with Section 716 of this Charter, the Planning Advisory Board shall consider and transmit its recommendation forthwith to the County Executive concerning amendments to the capital budget for any fiscal year. Such recommendation shall be advisory only.
(Res. No. 30-22)