The Planning, Zoning, and Building Commission shall have such powers and duties as are conferred upon it by the laws of Ohio concerning: the preparation of plans and maps for the future physical development and harmonious improvement of the Municipality; the plan, design, location, removal, relocation, and alteration of any public building or structure and public property; the location, widening, extension, and vacation of streets, alleys, public ways, parks, playgrounds, recreation areas, and other public places; the approval of plats for the sub- division of lands; the regulation and restriction of the location of buildings and other structures and of premises to be used for trade, industry, residence, or other specified uses; the regulation and limitation of height of buildings and other structures to be erected or altered; regulation of the bulk and location of buildings and other structures to be erected or altered, including the percentage of lot occupancy, set back building lines, and the area of yards, courts, and other open spaces; grant variances to the application of resolutions, ordinances, regulations, measures and orders of administrative officers or agencies governing zoning and building in the Municipality and such other powers and duties as may be conferred upon it by the laws of Ohio and by resolution or ordinance of Council. Before any recommendation, ordinance, measure, regulation, or amendments to, referring to or affecting zoning or other regulations controlling the use or development of land, may be passed, the Planning, Zoning and Building Commission shall hold a public hearing thereon, and shall give at least twenty (20) day notice of the time and place thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality. (Amended November 6, 1990; November 2, 2010)