(a) The Planning Commission shall have the powers and duties conferred upon it by Sections 711.01 through 711.13 of the Ohio Revised Code and by ordinances of the Village Council enacted pursuant thereto. It shall adopt and recommend to the Village Council a Comprehensive Plan for the physical development of the Village and the re-development of any area or district therein. The Comprehensive Plan shall include the location of public ways, property, bridges, schools, utilities, buildings, parks, playgrounds and recreation areas and the reservation and acquisition of lands therefor. It shall prepare and recommend to Village Council an ordinance creating areas, zones and districts of permitted and excluded uses, including rules, regulations, restrictions and limitations governing the plan, design, height, floor area, number of stories, open spaces, locations, use and occupancy of public and private buildings, structures and land uses or purposes, both public and private, pertaining to each as will promote the general welfare of the Village and its inhabitants. It shall have control over the platting and subdivision of lands and the improvement or development thereof, including the construction of streets, sewers and utilities therein.
(b) In the discharge of its responsibilities, the Planning Commission has the power and duty to:
(1) Prepare and revise periodically plans and programs for the development and redevelopment of the Village; and
(2) Prepare and recommend for adoption to Village Council various plans and programs, including but not limited to:
A. Zoning ordinances to include zoning district maps and appropriate revisions thereof,
B. Regulations for the subdivision or development of land and appropriate revisions thereof,
C. An official map and appropriate revision on it showing the exact location of existing or proposed public streets, highways, and utility rights-of-way, and public sites, together with regulations to control the erection of buildings or other structures or changes in land use within the rights-of-way, building sites, or open spaces within the Village, or specified portion of it,
D. Policies and procedures to facilitate implementation of planning elements. (Ord. 30-2007. Passed 12-20-07.)