The Plan Commission shall have the following powers and duties.
(A) Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the Chairperson of the Plan Commission to enforce the requirements of the Official Plan of the village. The Chairperson (enforcing officer) may call upon any other department or official of the village to furnish him or her with the information or assistance as he or she may deem necessary. It shall be the duty of all law enforcement officers, officers of the Plan Commission and whatever other village official appointed or elected, to observe and report to the Chairperson any violation of the requirements of the Official Plan.
(B) Changes and amendments. The Plan Commission may, from time to time, prepare and recommend to the Village Board changes in the Official Plan as may be deemed necessary by the Village Board or by the Plan Commission. The changes shall become part of the Official Plan after their approval by the Plan Commission and their adoption by the Village Board as amendments to the Plan. Recommendations for changes or amendments by the Plan Commission to the Village Board shall be made only after a public hearing is held by the Plan Commission concerning these changes or amendments.
(C) Variations.
(1) The Plan Commission may recommend that the Village Board grant certain variations from the requirements of the Official Plan in specific cases which do not affect the general plan or spirit thereof. All recommendations shall be communicated to the Village Board, in writing, with the reasons therefor before the final approval of the plan by that body.
(2) The Plan Commission may recommend that the Village Board grant certain variations from requirements of the Official Plan in specific cases which do affect the general plan or spirit thereof; providing a public hearing is held concerning these changes and that the members of the Plan Commission agree by five concurring votes.
(3) Notice of public hearing shall be given, indicating the time and place of the hearing, not more than 30 days nor less than 15 days before the hearing by publishing a notice thereof at least once in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the village.
(Prior Code, § 9C-2A-3)