1. The Planning Commission shall have the following duties and powers:
a. To prepare and recommend to the City Council, for adoption, a comprehensive plan for the future development of the city and to ensure that said plan, once prepared and adopted, is properly utilized and updated at appropriate intervals;
b. To make recommendations concerning the community’s growth, improvement and beautification;
c. To investigate, prepare and recommend to the City Council Trustees on all matters relating to the location and development of parks and recreational areas, streets, public grounds and structures;
d. To investigate, prepare and recommend to the City Council, for adoption, a suitable zoning ordinance to assist in the implementation of the community’s comprehensive plan, and to assist said City Council in administering said zoning ordinance;
e. To investigate, prepare and recommend to the City Council, for adoption, rules and standards for use in regulating the subdivision of land within the Planning Commission’s jurisdictional area, and to assist said City Council in administering said land subdivision regulations; and
f. To investigate, prepare and recommend to the City Council, for adoption, such other rules, regulations or standards as may be necessary to implement the comprehensive plan for the city including standards and regulations for floodplain management, historic preservation, signs, annexation and utility extensions, among others.
2. The Planning Commission may also accept or raise funds, from public or private sources, for valid purposes or projects.