EDITOR'S NOTE: This chapter has been established to provide a place for cross references and to repeat the City Charter provisions of Article VI relative to planning and zoning, which provisions may only be amended by the electors, Sections referred to are numbered exactly as in the Charter.
CROSS REFERENCES
Administration, process and procedures - see P. & Z. Ch. 1132
SECTION 6.01 CITY PLANNING BOARD.
There shall be a City Planning Board consisting of seven members appointed by the Council for terms of three years on a rotating basis from among the qualified electors of the City. Members of the Board shall hold no other City office. The Board may make recommendations to the City Manager and the City Council on all matters affecting the physical growth and development of the City, shall be consulted on the comprehensive plan and the implementation or amendment thereof as provided in Sections 6.02 and 6.03, and shall exercise all other responsibilities as may be provided by this Charter or by ordinance.
SECTION 6.02 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
(a) Content. The Council shall adopt, and may from time to time modify, a comprehensive plan setting forth in graphic and textual form policies to govern the future physical growth and development of the City. Such plan may cover the entire City and all of its functions and services or may consist of a combination of plans governing specific functions and services or specific geographic areas which together cover the entire City and all of its functions and services.
(b) Adoption. Upon receipt from the City Manager of a proposed comprehensive plan or proposed amendment of the plan, the Council shall refer such proposal to the City Planning Board, which shall within a time specified by the Council report its recommendations thereon. After receipt of the recommendations of the Planning Board, the Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed comprehensive plan or amendment thereof and shall thereafter adopt it by resolution with or without amendment.
(c) Effect. The comprehensive plan shall serve as a guide to all future Council action concerning land use and development regulations, urban redevelopment programs and expenditures for capital improvements.
SECTION 6.03 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
(a) Land Use and Development Regulations. The Council may by ordinance adopt land use and development regulations, including but not limited to an official map and zoning and subdivision regulations.
(b) Urban Redevelopment. The Council may by ordinance provide for redevelopment, rehabilitation, conservation and renewal programs for: (1) the alleviation or prevention of slums, obsolescence, blight or other conditions of deterioration, and (2) the achievement of the most appropriate use of land.
(c) Council Action. Before acting on any proposed ordinance concerning land use and development regulations, urban redevelopment or expenditures for capital improvements, where such ordinance refers to a matter covered by the comprehensive plan, the Council shall refer the proposal to the City Planning Board, which shall within a time specified by the Council and prior to the public hearing on the proposed ordinance report its recommendations thereon. Upon adopting any such ordinance, the Council shall make findings and report on the relationship between the ordinance and the comprehensive plan and, in the event that the ordinance is not in accord with the comprehensive plan, the plan shall be amended by resolution in accordance with such findings and report.
SECTION 6.04 BOARD OF APPEALS.
The Council shall by ordinance establish a Board of Appeals consisting of five members and shall provide standards and procedures for such Board to hear and determine appeals from administrative decisions pertaining to use of land, petitions for variances in the case of peculiar and unusual circumstances which would prevent the reasonable use of land and such other matters as may be required by the Council or by law.