The Planning Commission shall act as platting commissioners of the City, and as such shall have control of platting and shall provide regulations covering the platting of all lands within the City.
(1) It shall adopt and recommend to the Council a comprehensive general plan for the physical development of the City, which shall include the location of public ways, property, bridges, utilities, buildings, parks, playgrounds, and recreation areas. The comprehensive general plan shall show all existing school locations in the City and shall show the projected locations of new schools as determined by the Board of Education.
(2) It shall prepare and recommend to the Council, ordinances creating areas, zones, and districts of permitted and excluded uses, including rules, regulations, restrictions, and limitations governing the design, height, floor area, size of structures, area and size of lots, size of yards, courts, open spaces, use and occupancy of public and private buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, off-street parking, residences, parks, playgrounds, and other uses or purposes as will promote the general welfare of the City and its inhabitants.
(3) Before the Planning Commission shall recommend to the Council the rezoning of any lands it shall hold a public hearing on the question. The Planning Commission shall cause to be published one time in a newspaper or other printed publication regularly distributed and of general circulation within the City or in one or more public media forums, as required by law, a notice of the public hearing. Such notice shall be published at least fifteen (15) days prior to the public hearing and shall contain a summary of the question and the date, time and place of the public hearing. The fact that the summary contains errors or is incomplete shall not affect the validity of the recommendation of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall also notify all property owners of the proposed rezoning in accordance with the zoning ordinance.
(4) The Planning Commission shall make a base map to be titled the “Official Map of the City of Beavercreek.”
(5) The Planning Commission shall have control over the platting and subdivision of lands and the improvement or development thereof.
(Amendment passed by electorate 11-2-04)