(A) Establishment and composition. A Planning Board is hereby established, consisting of six residents of the city, who shall serve staggered three-year terms, none of whom shall be officers or employees of the city. This provision shall not prevent the Commission from, by resolution, enlarging or reducing the membership of the Planning Board.
(B) Meetings and reports. The Planning Board shall meet monthly on the last Monday before the first Tuesday of each month at a time to be prescribed by the Board at the Commission Chambers in the City Hall and at other times and places as the Board shall designate. Special meetings shall be called in the same manner as special meetings of the Commission. Minutes of all meetings shall promptly be filed with the City Administrator. Written reports of the work of the Board and its recommendations shall be presented to the Commission monthly. In addition thereto, the Board shall submit the additional reports as required by resolution of the Commission or other applicable law.
(C) Powers and duties. The Planning Board shall have all the powers and duties defined or granted in the statutes and the city code relating to planning, zoning and subdivision regulation and shall act in an advisory capacity to the Commission in all of the areas.
(1988 Code, § 2.51)