It shall be the function and duty of the Planning Commission to make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the city, including any areas outside of its boundaries which bear relation to planning within the city. Such plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive matter, shall show the recommendations of the Planning Commission for the development and maintenance of said territory. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of the city and its environs which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development; including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient distribution of population, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, wise and efficient expenditure of public funds, and the adequate provision of public utilities and other public requirements. The Planning Commission may adopt the plan as a whole by a single resolution, or may by successive resolutions adopt successive parts of the plan, said parts corresponding with major geographical sections of the city or with functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan, and may adopt any amendment or extension thereof or addition thereto.
(Prior Code, § 5.203)