The Planning Board shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from its members who shall serve for one (1) year or until re-elected or until their successors are elected. The Board shall appoint a secretary, who may be a municipal officer or an employee of the city. The Planning Board shall adopt rules of procedure in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and in Article 3, Chapter 160D of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Meetings of the Planning Board shall be held once a month or at the call of the Chairman. All meetings of the Planning Board shall be open to the public.
It shall be the duty of the planning board, in general:
1. To acquire and maintain in current form such basic information and materials as are necessary to an understanding of past trends, present conditions and forces at work to cause changes in those conditions;
2. To prepare and from time to time amend and revise a comprehensive and coordinated plan for the physical development of the area;
3. To establish principles and policies for guiding action in the development of the area;
4. To prepare and recommend to the City Council ordinances providing orderly development along the lines indicated by the comprehensive plan;
5. To determine whether specific proposed developments conform to the principles and requirements of the comprehensive plan for the growth and improvement of the area;
6. To keep the City Council and general public informed and advised as to those matters;
7. To perform any other duties that may lawfully be assigned to it. (Ord. of 12-7-04; No. 37-02; Ord. of 6-21-21, No. 41-21)