(A) It shall be the responsibility of the Planning Board in general to:
(1) Determine objectives to be sought in the development of the area studied;
(2) Prepare and adopt plans for achieving these objectives;
(3) Develop and recommend policies, ordinances, administrative procedures and other means for carrying out plans in a coordinated and efficient manner;
(4) Make studies of the town and surrounding areas;
(5) Advise the Board of Commissioners concerning the use and amendment of means for carrying out plans;
(6) Exercise any functions in the administration and enforcement of various means for carrying out plans that the Town Board may direct; and
(7) Perform any other related duties that the Town Board may direct.
(B) All town officials shall, upon request, furnish to the Planning Board available records of information as it may require in the performance of its official responsibilities. The Planning Board or its agents may, in the performance of its official responsibilities, enter upon lands and make examinations or surveys and maintain necessary monuments thereon.
(1988 Code, § 17-31)