(A) Establishment, composition. There is hereby established a planning and zoning commission, which shall consist of seven members, appointed by the Village Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Village Board.
(B) Membership, term of office.
(1) Any appointive member of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be a qualified elector of the village and shall have been a resident thereof for at least one year, Each member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and is qualified.
(2) The members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be appointed for a period of four years. The Village Mayor shall appoint one of the members as chairperson, subject to confirmation by the Village Board.
(3) Appointments to fill a vacancy shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(4) Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall receive such compensation for their service in the amount of $10 per meeting and as may be fixed from time to time by the Village Board.
(5) Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission may be removed by the Village Mayor for non-performance of duty, misconduct in office or other cause upon written charges having been filed with the Village Board and after a public hearing has been held before the Village Board regarding thc charges. Three consecutive absences without good cause shall be grounds for removal. The grounds for removal shall be served upon the member so charged at least ten days prior to the hearing, cither personally or by registered mail, or by leaving the same at his or her usual place of residence. The member shall be given an opportunity to be heard and answer the charges. A majority vote of all the corporate authorities then holding office shall be necessary to sustain the removal. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.
(6) All meetings of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be held in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act. The chairperson, or in his or her absence, an acting chairperson, may administer oaths. The Planning and Zoning Commission may compel the attendance of witnesses by subpoena. When hearing appeals, special uses or variance requests under Chapter 158 of this Code. entitled “Zoning”. All business of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be transacted at the meetings. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating the fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the Village Clerk and shall be a public record. A quorum of all members is required for a meeting. Any absent member who certifies that or she has read the transcript of the proceedings before the Planning and Zoning Commission may vote upon any question before the planning and zoning commission. The concurring vote of four members of the Planning and Zoning Commission is necessary to render a decision or make a recommendation.
(C) Organization and meetings.
(1) The chairperson shall cause the Planning and Zoning Commission to organize by the election of a secretary and such officers as it deems necessary. Such officers, as selected by the Planning and Zoning Commission, shall hold office for a term of one year and may succeed themselves.
(2) The secretary of the Planning and Zoning Commission may be a non-member of the Planning and Zoning Commission and, if so, shall have no vote.
(3) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall adopt such bylaws governing its procedures and regulating its business as it deems proper and necessary.
(D) Powers, duties and functions. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(l) Planning.
(a) Preparing and/or reviewing a comprehensive plan for the present and future development and redevelopment of the village. The comprehensive plan may be recommended for adoption in whole or in separate geographical or functional parts which, when adopted by the Village Board, shall be the official comprehensive plan of the village or part thereof;
(b) Recommending amendments to the comprehensive plan as may be deemed necessary;
(c) Preparing an official plan map of the village and such later revisions in the official plan map as may be deemed necessary by the Planning and Zoning Commission or the Village Board; and
(d) Planning for specific improvements pursuant to the provisions of the official plan map. In connection with the foregoing, the Commission shall:
1. Review and make recommendations for neighborhood or area renewal, conservation, redevelopment, urban esthetics and civic design;
2. Call upon any officials of the village for aid and advice upon any matter properly within the scope of interest of the Planning and Zoning Commission and give aid to the officials of the village and other governmental agencies charged with the direction of projects for improvements included in the official plan map, to further the making of such improvements and to generally promote the realization of the official comprehensive plan. If the Planning and Zoning Commission deems it advisable to secure technical assistance or service, it may do so upon authority from and within appropriations made by the Village Board; and
3. Exercise such other powers, duties and functions as may be specified in this Code; as may, from time to time, be conferred on the Planning and Zoning Commission by the Village Board; or as may be provided by any applicable provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(2) Zoning.
(a) Study the zoning questions of the village and shall prepare a report and suggested new ordinance for the regulation of the height of buildings and structures, setback lines or building lines, the intensity of the use of lot areas, the location of trades and industries and buildings designed for industrial, business, residential or other uses, and dividing the village into various use, height and other districts for the purposes of establishing and enforcing adequate and proper zoning regulations.
(b) Recommend the boundaries of districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein and shall set forth what is required of districts and shall have all the powers and duties contained in state law.
(c) After the preparation of a tentative report and ordinance, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing thereon, public notice of which hearing shall be published in a newspaper not more than 30 nor less than 15 days prior thereto, and the notice shall state the place copies of the tentative ordinance are available for examination.
(d) Within 30 days after the final adjournment of its hearings, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall make a report and submit a proposed ordinance to the Village Board, which thereupon, may enact the proposed ordinance with or without change, or may refer it back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for further study.
(e) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall exercise and perform any power, duty or function as may be specified in Chapter 158 of this Code, entitled “Zoning”.
(Ord.17-1184A, passed 11-9-2017)