(A) Establishment. A Planning Commission is hereby established.
(B) Membership. The Planning Commission shall be composed of seven members. The Community Development Director, Planner, Building Official and City Attorney shall serve as ex officio members of the Commission.
(C) Authority and duties. The Planning Commission shall have the following authority and duties:
(1) The Commission shall prepare a program of work outlining activities to be undertaken by the Commission. Such a program will include an outline of data and information to be assembled as a basis for a city plan, an outline of subjects to be covered by a city plan, and an outline of types of procedure necessary to make the city plan effective. The work program may be revised from time to time.
(2) The Commission shall prepare, adopt and maintain a comprehensive city plan for the physical development of the city. Said plan shall include proposed public buildings, street arrangements and improvements, public utility services, parks, playgrounds, and other similar developments, and the projected use of property, density of population, and other matters relating to the physical development of the city. Such a plan may be prepared in sections, each of which shall relate to a major subject of the plan, as outlined in the Commission's program of work.
(3) The Commission may from time to time recommend to the Council changes or additions to the city plan or any section thereof whenever changed conditions or further studies by the Commission indicate that such amendment or addition is necessary or desirable.
(4) (a) The Commission shall certify and submit to the Council an attested copy of the city plan or of any section, amendment, or addition to the city plan and recommend and advise to the Council reasonable and practicable means for putting into effect the plan, or amendments or additions thereto, so that the plan will serve as a pattern and guide for the orderly physical development of the city and as a basis for the efficient expenditure of city funds relating to the subjects of the city plan.
(b) Such means shall consist of a zoning plan, the control of subdivision plats, a plan of future streets and street extensions, coordination of the normal public improvements of the city, a long term program of capital expenditures and such other matters as will accomplish the purposes of this section.
(5) The Commission shall study and make recommendations for changes to the official plat map within 40 days after any proposed plat, plat subdivision, or change to the plat map has been referred to the Commission for study.
(a) The Commission may recommend to the Council that the proposal be approved; be disapproved, for specific reasons as are indicated; or proposal be approved after specified changes or revisions are made therein, deferral back to the Commission for review of said revisions or changes may be requested.
(b) Upon the advice of the City Engineer, the Commission may recommend that the proposed future extension or widening of city streets be indicated on the plat map.
(6) The Commission shall have such duties and functions as are prescribed by the zoning code and shall comply with all procedures provided therein. The Commission shall study and make recommendations on proposed changes to the zoning code and report thereon to the Council.
(7) Prior to adoption of any amendment or change to the city plan or the zoning code, the Commission shall hold at least one public hearing with ten days' notice of the time and place of such hearing to be published in the official city newspaper.
(8) The Commission shall list and classify all local public works permanent improvements proposed in the city budget for the ensuing fiscal year that have been referred to the Commission. The Commission shall prepare and recommend a coordinated program of proposed public works for the ensuing fiscal year to the Council and to such other officer, department, board, or governmental bodies as have jurisdiction over the accomplishment of such public work projects.
(9) The Commission shall submit to the Council a report of its work during the preceding year on or before January 1 of each year. Said report shall include a copy of the recommended programs of public works projects, as provided by division (8) of this section.
(10) The Planning Commission shall perform all duties and functions of the Housing Advisory and Appeals Board, as established by § 6.202(B).
(`77 Code, § 3.306) (Am. Ord. 1407, passed 2-14-00; Am. Ord. 1645, passed 2-12-18; Am. Ord. 1664, passed 2-22-21)