(A) The Board of Directors shall prepare or cause to be prepared a plan for the future development, construction, and improvement of the port, Robert A. Pastrick Marina, the shore of Lake Michigan within the jurisdiction of the Authority and other facilities and lands adjacent thereto, including maps, profiles, and other data and descriptions as may be necessary to set forth the location and character of the work to be undertaken by the Port Authority. Upon the completion of the plan, the Board of Directors shall cause notice by publication as provided in this chapter to be given in the manner required therein and shall likewise cause notice to be served upon the owners of the uplands contiguous to any submerged lands affected by the plan in the manner provided by law for service of notice in the levy of special assessments by municipal corporations, and shall permit the inspection thereof at its office by all persons interested. The notice shall fix the time and place for the hearing of all objections to the plan which time shall not be less than ten days nor more than 30 days from the date of last publication of the notice. Any interested person may file written objections to the plan, provided the objections are filed with the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Port Authority in its office not less than five days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. After the hearing, the Board of Directors may adopt the plan with any modifications or amendments thereto as the official plan of the Port Authority.
(B) After the adoption of the official plan, the Board of Directors shall, from time to time, have the power to modify, amend, or extend the same, provided that any modification, amendment, or extension thereof be subjected to hearing and notice as provided in this section for the adoption of a new development plan and that any modification, amendment, or extension shall not be adopted by the Board until notice and hearing shall be held as provided herein.
(C) The development plan as adopted and modified from time to time shall govern the construction, reconstruction, development, and maintenance of Port Authority facilities.
(Prior Code, § 44.10) (Ord. 0-99-0027, passed 12-20-1999)