The Planning Commission shall make and adopt a Master Plan for the physical development of the City including any areas outside the City limits which in the Planning Commission’s judgment bear relation to City planning. The plan, with its accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive matter, shall show the Planning Commission’s recommendations for the development of such territory, including among other things the general location, character and extent of streets, viaducts, subways, bridges, playgrounds and open spaces, the general location of public buildings and other public property, and the general location and extent of public utilities and transportation terminals whether publicly or privately owned or operated for utilities and transportation services and other purposes; also the removal, relocation, widening, narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change of use or extension of any of the foregoing streets, open spaces, buildings, public utilities or terminals as well as a zoning plan for the control of the height, area, bulk, location and use of land and buildings. As the work of making its plan progresses, the Planning Commission may from time to time adopt and publish a part or parts thereof, any such part to cover one or more major sections or divisions of the City or one or more of the aforesaid or other functional matters to be included in the Master Plan.
(Ord. 277, passed 2-14-1939)