(A) The Planning Commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the city with due regard to its relation to neighboring territory, designed for the construction of a master plan for physical development of the city. 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 the 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 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.
(‘83 Code, § 33.004)
(B) The Planning Commission shall make an annual written report to City Council concerning its operations and the status of planning activities, including recommendations regarding actions related to planning and development.
(C) The Planning Commission shall further review and make recommendations as assigned by the Zoning Ordinance and the State Planning and Zoning Enabling Acts, P.A. 33 of 2008, as amended and P.A. 110 of 2006, as amended.
(Ord. 11-009, passed 7-25-11)