A. The Municipal Planning Commission shall have all powers to consider and plan the location, construction, reconstruction, and vacation of public buildings, thoroughfares and public and private utilities, and the platting of developments, and such other powers as are now or may hereafter be conferred upon it by the laws of Ohio or by ordinance of Council.
B. There shall be referred to the Commission all ordinances pertaining to zoning and building codes, and no ordinance so referred shall be passed by Council until a report or recommendation is received from the Planning Commission. If no report or recommendation shall be filed with the Clerk of Council by the Commission within sixty (60) days after a proposed ordinance has been referred to it, the proposed ordinance shall be deemed to have been approved. Any ordinance disapproved by the Planning Commission shall require the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council to be approved.
C. The Commission shall have power to hear and determine appeals from refusal of building and zoning permits and to permit exceptions to and variations from the zoning and building code regulations in individual cases as may be required to afford justice and avoid practical difficulties or unreasonable hardships to property owners in accordance with standards established by ordinance of Council. Decisions of the Planning Commission regarding such appeals, exceptions, and variances shall be final and may be appealed to the Wayne County Common Pleas Court.
(Passed by electorate 11-8-22)