The Commission shall advise and formulate recommendations to the Public Works Director, the Town Planner, the Mayor, and the Legislative Council in the following respects:
(A) To promote and encourage actions and strategies designed to improve the physical appearance of the town, including beautification, tree planting, landscaping, and prevention of litter, blight, and improper property maintenance, and the enforcement of ordinances pertaining to these matters;
(B) To study conditions affecting the physical appearance of the town, such as the need for tree planting, landscaping, and enforcement mechanism to eradicate litter, blight, and improper property maintenance;
(C) To encourage improvements in the physical appearance of the town and to involve local businesses, neighborhoods, community, civic groups, churches, and individual volunteer citizens in planning and carrying out such improvements;
(D) To make such recommendations to the Mayor and Legislative Council on the methods of maintaining and improving the physical appearance and aesthetic image of the town as it deems appropriate;
(E) To recommend the establishment of short and long-term goals and objectives for the beautification needs of the town;
(F) To develop and recommend a strategic action plan for accomplishing town beautification goals and objectives;
(G) To identify and seek, through the town's Grants Manager, grants from public and private sources to be used in achieving any of its purposes;
(H) To collect, compile, and disseminate information relative to maintaining and improving the town's physical appearance;
(I) To make a full written report of all activities undertaken by it, the status of existing town beautification programs and its short and long-term recommendations to the Mayor and Legislative Council once a year. The report shall be delivered on or before November 1 of each year and shall detail activities carried out by the Commission during the preceding 12-month period;
(J) To preview site plans as they come before the Planning and Zoning Commission, and if it chooses to do so, make written recommendations to the Planning and Zoning Commission on issues of beautification. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall at no time be required to postpone its business, should the Commission not provide such written recommendations regarding site plans.
(Ord. 421, passed 10-2-00)