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The zoning commission shall:
(1) Adopt, subject to approval of the city council, such rules and regulations as they deed best to govern their actions, proceedings and deliberations, including the time and place of meeting.
(2) Upon application made, advertise and hold public hearings on zoning or changes in zoning, and make recommendations thereon to the city council.
(3) Act as an advisory body to the city council in relation to any changes in the boundaries of the various original districts and any changes in the zoning ordinances and regulations to be enforced therein. Such recommendation shall be made after a public hearing held thereon.
(4) Administer provisions of state law regarding the platting and recording of subdivisions and additions, and in connection therewith, to require the owners and developers of land who desire to subdivide, plat or replat land for urban development, to provide for building setback lines, to dedicate streets, alleys, parks, easements or other public places of adequate width and size; to coordinate street layouts and street planning with the city and with other municipalities, and to coordinate the same with the county, state and federally designated highways, as they may deem best in the interest of the general public. In connection with the planning and the platting of property, the zoning commission shall have the power to consider the character of development or land use contemplated by the proposed platting and the zoning of the property, and require off-street parking, streets and alleys of adequate width to be provided for that purpose.
(5) Make recommendations to the city manager and the city council on matters affecting the physical development of the city.
(6) Advise and make recommendations on the comprehensive plan and the implementation thereof as may be requested by the city manager and the city council.
(7) Exercise all other responsibilities as may be provided by law. (Renumbered by Amend. of 6-12-73, Prop. No. 43; Amend. of 8-12-89, Prop. No. 9; Amend. of 11-5-24)
The action of the zoning commission in requiring the dedication of streets, alleys and public places shall not amount to an acceptance of said dedication, nor estop the city council to deny the same. Acceptance of all dedications shall be by action of the city council, or when the city council shall have made actual appropriation of the same by entry, use or improvement. (Renumbered by Amend. of 6-12-73, Prop. No. 43)
In addition to the zoning commission, the city council may by ordinance provide for an urban development commission. The ordinance creating the same shall state how the body shall be constituted, the qualifications of the members and the duties of the same. (Renumbered by Amend. of 6-12-73, Prop. No. 43)
The city council shall by ordinance adopt a thoroughfare plan. A thoroughfare plan now in existence or hereafter adopted by the city council shall not be changed except by an ordinance duly adopted after a public hearing as herein provided.
Prior to any change in a thoroughfare plan, the city council shall hold a public hearing. Written notice of all public hearings before the city council on proposed changes in the thoroughfare plan shall be sent to owners of real property lying within 200 feet of the area of the proposed change, such notice to be given, not less than 10 days before the date set for hearing, to all such owners who have rendered their said property for city taxes as the ownership appears on the last approved city tax roll. Such notice may be served by depositing the same, properly addressed and postage paid, in the United States mail. (Amend. of 1-17-81, Prop. No. 3)